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Presidential greatness and political science: assessing the 2014 apsa presidents and executive politics section presidential greatness survey / Rottinghaus, Brandon ; Vaughn, Justin S

Rottinghaus, Brandon	Journal Article
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Debates about presidential greatness have been with us for decades, facilitated in part by numerous systematic surveys of scholars with expertise in American history and politics. Nevertheless, the voice of political scientists in this debate has been relatively muted when compared particularly with the role that historians have had in making these determinations. This article introduces and assesses results of a recent effort to capture the attitudes of political science presidency experts about presidential greatness. By surveying the membership of the APSA Presidents and Executive Politics section, we could identify and then compare specifically the attitudes of political scientists against the growing body of ratings and rankings of a phenomenon with long-standing interest and importance.

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Political Science ; Presidential Greatness

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Presidential greatness in a polarized era : results from the latest presidential greatness survey / Rottinghaus, Brandon ; Vaughn, Justin S ; Eady, Gregory

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For generations, scholars have used surveys to examine presidential greatness. However, the rising tide of politicization calls these ratings into question. Can those who study the presidency offer fair judgments regardless of their political affiliation? Does their affiliation alter judgments of presidential greatness in historical or contemporary terms? Using a 2018 expert survey of political scientists who study the presidency, we find that party affiliation and ideological differences do alter—albeit slightly—perceptions of presidential greatness for both past and present presidents up to and including Donald Trump. Our results call into question such ratings insofar as they exist absent the political and ideological context of the reviewer.

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Donald Trump ; Latest Presidential Greatness Survey

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