With the 2016 presidential race apparently under way, we will probably hear much more about ideology and presidential polarization soon. …
I think this question is interesting for a bunch of reasons – as a measure of elite ideology and change over time (as John Gerring uses presidential campaign speeches in his 1998 book), for the sake of understanding how presidents define issues (in the political time-legitimacy sense), etc. It also obviously has the potential to be of interest to people engaged in more mainstream inter branch relations research – but I think ideas and words are useful subjects of study on their own. CONT.
Julia Azari (Marquette), Mischiefs of Faction