"Conventional wisdom holds that war casualties depress incumbent popularity. We argue that the strength and even the direction of these effects is inherently context-dependent because the perception of casualties varies over time and space, affected by historical developments. While intuitive, this proposition has as yet not been directly addressed due to a lack of explicitly comparative analyses. Investigating US presidential popularity over the period 1948-2006, the present paper illustrates that intensity and occurrence of casualty effects on presidential popularity varies significantly across the three considered military conflicts (i.e. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq). Moreover, these differences can be credibly linked to historical developments...
I seek to explain why democracies often maintain involvement in peripheral wars years after public s...
Many contend that President Bush's reelection and increased vote share in 2004 prove that the Iraq W...
How does electoral politics affect presidential decision-making in war? As both Commanders-in-Chief ...
"Conventional wisdom holds that war casualties depress incumbent popularity. We argue that the stren...
Studies analyzing the popularity of American presidents consistently find that even though casualtie...
Public opinion is one of the most important aspects of a democracy as it is a great indicator of dem...
Why has support for casualties in foreign wars declined in the United States since Vietnam? We compa...
Did mounting troop casualties during the Iraq War tum the American public against the conflict? Ana...
"War casualties often have a devastating effect on the popularity of political leaders. Yet, war als...
<p>This dissertation examines whether war has reputational consequences by analyzing the conditions ...
In this article, we model the effect of foreign policy attitudes on both vote choice and casualty to...
This article discusses the the lingering presence of the Vietnam Syndrome - the idea that military s...
The extent to which combat casualties influence the public's support for war is one of the most freq...
The authors estimate a model of the job approval ratings of President George W. Bush that includes f...
Since the Vietnam War, U.S. policymakers have worried that the American public will support military...
I seek to explain why democracies often maintain involvement in peripheral wars years after public s...
Many contend that President Bush's reelection and increased vote share in 2004 prove that the Iraq W...
How does electoral politics affect presidential decision-making in war? As both Commanders-in-Chief ...
"Conventional wisdom holds that war casualties depress incumbent popularity. We argue that the stren...
Studies analyzing the popularity of American presidents consistently find that even though casualtie...
Public opinion is one of the most important aspects of a democracy as it is a great indicator of dem...
Why has support for casualties in foreign wars declined in the United States since Vietnam? We compa...
Did mounting troop casualties during the Iraq War tum the American public against the conflict? Ana...
"War casualties often have a devastating effect on the popularity of political leaders. Yet, war als...
<p>This dissertation examines whether war has reputational consequences by analyzing the conditions ...
In this article, we model the effect of foreign policy attitudes on both vote choice and casualty to...
This article discusses the the lingering presence of the Vietnam Syndrome - the idea that military s...
The extent to which combat casualties influence the public's support for war is one of the most freq...
The authors estimate a model of the job approval ratings of President George W. Bush that includes f...
Since the Vietnam War, U.S. policymakers have worried that the American public will support military...
I seek to explain why democracies often maintain involvement in peripheral wars years after public s...
Many contend that President Bush's reelection and increased vote share in 2004 prove that the Iraq W...
How does electoral politics affect presidential decision-making in war? As both Commanders-in-Chief ...