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The Presidential Character Summary
In the Michael Nelsons critique of James David Barber and the Psychological Presidency, he discusses important concepts from Barber’s book The Presidential Character. During his critique he explains that Barber cites a study of network evening news coverage of the 1972 election campaign which found that almost as much time was devoted to the polls, strategies, rallies, and other “horse-race” elements of the election as to the candidate’s personal qualifications and issue stands combined.

During the 2016 presidential election the news media had a large effect on whom would get the presidential nomination, since the coverage of the primaries focused more on the horse race rather than the overall candidates. The Harvard Kennedy School decided
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