Public attitudes toward presidential veto powers:

Research & Politics

Joel Sievert¹ 

关键词: Presidential powers;    veto politics;    public opinion;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2053168017753873

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Previous research on presidential powers has demonstrated predictable variation in the level of support for presidential usage of those powers. However, much of this work has focused solely on unilateral powers. Here, we seek to further explore public attitudes towards constitutionally prescribed powers—namely that of the executive veto. Using original survey data, we find that public support of the president’s use of the veto is dependent on respondent partisanship as well as approval of both the president and Congress. Overall, our findings provide some support for previous research on the topic, but also offer new insights. First, we find a higher baseline level of support for presidential powers. Second, our results indicate that the president’s copartisans are more supportive of the veto even after controlling for presidential and congressional approval.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND