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03655aam a2200445 i 4500 001 DAA801DCE19111E89124B82197128E48 003 SILO 005 20181106010116 008 180429s2018 nyua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018005500 020 $a 0190882743 020 $a 9780190882747 035 $a (OCoLC)1040073287 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E806 $b .N674 2018 082 00 $a 973.917092 $2 23 100 1 $a Norpoth, Helmut, $e author. 245 10 $a Unsurpassed : $b the popular appeal of Franklin Roosevelt / $c Helmut Norpoth. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a x, 204 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "Donald Trump's consistently and historically low approval ratings have provoked much discussion about why the US electorate finds him so polarizing. Moreover, his tenure lays bare the deep divisions in public opinion on federal policy. In striking contrast sits Franklin Roosevelt, the first president to be covered by public opinion polls. Roosevelt's average approval ratings surpassed those of every subsequent sitting president (with the exception of John Kennedy) and increased with time, a very rare achievement. Even US involvement in war did nothing to diminish his popularity. In fact, as this book argues, FDR's wartime policy and the broad public support for it was decisive in his third term run and win - even more important than the passage of the New Deal. As such, the FDR experience defied major paradigms of presidential politics. Yet Roosevelt has been ignored relatively by scholars of public opinion. What can FDR's experience teach us and his successors about rousing broad public support, particularly during wartime? What light does his success shed on the failures of Presidents Truman, Johnson, and George W. Bush in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq? On key issues, mainly with foreign policy but also domestic, FDR had to contend with an American public that opposed his plans at the outset. Helmut Norpoth argues that Roosevelt had an unparalleled ability for leadership that enabled him to move the public to embrace his policies. In this book he takes an in-depth look at how FDR's leadership swayed public opinion, comparing his experience to his successors and select foreign leaders, including Churchill, to draw broad conclusions about what makes for successful presidential politics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Fireside leadership -- Guns and jobs -- First in popularity -- The wartime vote -- Making America safe for Democrats -- GI Partisanship. 600 10 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945. 600 17 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00032031 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Public opinion. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1933-1945. 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents $x Public opinion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075796 650 7 $a Public opinion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082785 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1933-1945 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Norpoth, Helmut, author. $t Commander in Chief $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] $z 9780190882754 $w (DLC) 2018028034 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20181106012804.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DAA801DCE19111E89124B82197128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search