Tides Of Consent: Chapter 5 Analysis

Presidential job approval is a percentage-based reading taken from a poll of a sampled group of Americans. The polling system used to determine this is the Gallup Poll. This poll is widely accepted as accurate since it first predicted the outcome of the 1936 presidential election. Since that time it has been used to collect ratings and get a better understanding of the public’s true opinion of the president’s performance. It has also brought to light what factors, whether outside or inside the president’s control, affect how the people view his job performance. Some of these factors include scandals, how well the economy is doing, support during times of crisis or a general level of acceptance during the first few months of the president’s first term.

If a service user refuses to give consent in a work setting as a healthcare assistant I must document the refusal first and foremost in the careplan and also inform the manager next I would gently explain to the service user that they are full within their rights to refuse consent but I would like to also inform them of the risks,benefits and potential life threatening consequences that may follow their decision as a result. I would fully ensure that they have clearly understood the decision they have made and that they have also understood what I have explained and documented inluding all the reasons of how,when and why the care is provided for them specifically and what the medication is for also. Finally I would kindly ask if the service

The Coattail effect is the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election and the reverse coattails effect is the opposite. The popularity of the president or lack of popularity can prove detrimental to incumbents for example in 1992 Bill Clintons Democrats actually lost 9 seats in the House of Representatives and the lack excitement of the campaign can be linked to performance in the House and Senate. In June 2010 only 32% of voters felt that most members of Congress deserved re-election. Even among Democratic respondents only 53% felt that most members deserved re-election. In addition unanticipated world events such as the Global Financial Crisis which was considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s resulted in declining support for George W bush and the collapse of Lehman Brothers added to the weakening support for George Bush. Many thought the actions of George Bush reflected the incumbent senators and congressman. Although the president could work in the incumbents favour for example when 9/11 occurred George Bush announced his War on terror this led to considerable support for Bush leading to a large proportion of incumbent Republican getting re-elected. A Gallup poll conducted in 2014 found that 52% of registered voters planned on voting not

The late and minimal response to Hurricane Katrina by the government caused public anger. Requests to strengthen the levee system were denied by the government previously. This, along with a delayed order to evacuate and minimal aid led to the decline of Bush’s popularity. The Bush administration always prided itself on the ability to deal with disaster and Hurricane Katrina disproved this. The immigration issue also hurt Bush’s image because during his first campaign, he strived to win the Hispanic vote by downplaying the immigration issue. Once the public started to realize the size of the issue they panicked and called for the closing of the US border. The House eventually approved a bill making it illegal to be an undocumented immigrant and to offer aid to them. Massive demonstrations of immigrants and supporters filled big cities. Bush has lost the immigrant's support and they represent a large portion of the population. The recession was the final straw in Bush’s presidency. The banking system and the housing market collapsed. The stock market also declined record amounts since the Great Depression. As the figurehead of this country, Bush received much of the blame for these problems. The 2008 election brought hope for a new era with president

| Bush will be remembered as the president with both the highest and lowest approval ratings in American history. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, his rating peaked. However, after his failure in dealing with the damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, and the slumping of the U.S. economy into recession in 2008, his popularity declined.

Prior to Reagan’s inauguration the country was suffering from double-digit inflation, high interest rates, high unemployment, oil shortages, and

“Presidents may be active or passive in terms of the effort invested in their jobs; they also may be positive or negative about their positions (Maltese, 164). In regards with President Bill Clinton and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Barber identifies them as an “Active-positive”. Active-positives display personal growth and stability, which they take pleasure in their job and the challenges they face with power productivity to pursue their objectives. Also, they pragmatic political figures that possess flexibility in their pursuit of achieving their goals and are willing to alter or abolishing their goals rather than experience severe consequences (Maltese, 164).

The policy areas that are asked in question number two encompasses the economy, foreign affairs, and terrorism. The results under the economy category indicate a slightly higher percentage of the Republican administration, Reagan through Obama, handling a better economy (35.1%), compared to the Democratic administration (19.5%) (12-13). However, figure 5 and table 7 justify that the Republican administration has a higher advantage under the foreign affairs category compared to the Democratic administration (14). The Republican party dominates favoritism under the terrorism category because 9/11 happened during G. W. Bush’s administration. The Republican administration’s approval on this subject “never dropped below 77%” (15). Although Obama continued with the terroristic threats, he received a 57% approval rating for his first term and 53% for his second (16).

George Walker Bush, the former President of the United States, was not the hero that many people to this day believe he is – on the contrary, Bush is considered by numerous individuals do be the worst effective president in the history of the United States of America. Many ordinary Americans that live in states like Washington, Georgia, and Florida regard Bush as the greatest president in the history of the United States of America. In their minds, regardless of any controversy, he did it all. Bush won several wars that had been ongoing for many years, solved conflicts between various parties as quickly as he could, and fearlessly advocated for the American people and the rights that they deserved as ordinary American citizens. In the eyes of his loyal subjects (and subsequently, political supporters), President Bush was a political figure that few people could hope to compare themselves to. However, George Walker Bush harbors a dark side within himself, an empty void that indicts curiosity into the mind of the blissfully unaware reader. This seemingly impregnable fortress of happiness and content that the President portrays is often no more than a façade when it comes to the dealings of Mr. Bush during his tenure as the President of the United States. Unfortunately, George Walker Bush is not the dogmatic crusader that many people believe that he is

On September 11, 2001, America was attacked by terrorists. Before this traumatic event, one could not even imagine someone doing such a thing. When this event occurred everyone had been unaware and continuing their daily activities only to be stopped by this life changing news. The president at the time was George W. Bush. Doing day to day activities like the rest of us, he was reading to a second grade class that bright Tuesday morning. Upon hearing about the news, he was utterly shocked along with the rest of America. At approximately 8:40 p.m., which is around 12 hours after the event, he gave a speech to address this horrendous event. President Bush had successfully created a sense of unity and security throughout the country with his speech by using ethos, pathos, logos, tone and imagery.

The 2004 Elections followed a successful response by President Bush to the Attacks of 9/11. During his first term, the Nation had been attacked, thousands of innocent Americans had died and a firm and decisive response was demanded by the American people (McDonald, 2004). Though President Bush had many noteworthy accomplishments his first term was defined by his success in Iraq, and the response to the 9/11 attacks. Consequentially in the 2004 elections President Bush won both the popular vote and electoral vote and captured the seat for a second term. Voter turnout was approximately 59%, the campaign strategy was addressing the current national concerns, namely National Security, terrorism and Taxes (McDonald, 2004).

The modern presidency has in a sense become a double-edged sword in that presidents have become beneficiaries of anything positive that can be attributed to government, but also can be blamed for anything bad occurring in society. Quite simply, the modern president has become the center of our political system (The Modern Presidency, 2004). The men who have dealt with this double-edged sword known as the modern presidency have often walked a very fine line between effectiveness and ineffectiveness, but all have attempted to use their power in one way or another.

Because of their positions in the government and their resulting influential abilities, presidents are either praised for advancing the nation, criticized for not doing anything to help the country, or even making the country’s situation worse. Their success as president is dependent on the success of the country. People don’t take into consideration the attempts presidents make, but only those things that help or hurt the country. This leaves room for there to be a good president who may not accomplish much and a bad president who may accomplish a lot.

Obama presidencies after September 2008 financial crisis is as follows: Government spending expands automatically in recessions with the increase in unemployment insurance, welfare benefits, and other transfers to the jobless and the poor . Normally to hasten recovery include additional tax cuts to

Since the Vietnam War, the public's opinion has played major roles in how policymakers operate. Their opinions may not always support to choices which are best for the country, however they are still factored into the decision making. Richard Sobel discusses several cases on how the public's attitudes have affected policymaker's decisions in his book, "The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy Since Vietnam."