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The Presidency
US Government and Politics
The President and the Public
The President’s Constituents
Presidential Approval
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The President and the Media
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The President and the Public
Summary The President and the Public
Theodore Roosevelt changed the public’s perception of the presidency by  asserting the centrality of the office in American government. The president is  chosen by the whole nation, not just a district or state, and therefore the office  of the president is the most important office in the federal government. Roosevelt’s stewardship theory of the presidency claimed that the president has  the right to do whatever the nation needs, within the limits of the law. The President’s Constituents
The president has a number of different constituencies. The most obvious  constituency is the citizens of the United States: He or she is the president of  all people in the United States, not just those who voted for him or her. But  the president also has constituents in the political party, members of the  opposing party whose cooperation the president needs, as well as interest  groups.