Speaking With the People's Voice

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The role of public opinion in American democracy has been a central concern of scholars who examine how public opinion influences policy makers and how politicians try to shape public opinion. Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury asks a different question: How do presidents rhetorically use public opinion in their speeches? In a careful analysis supported by case studies and discrete examples, Drury develops the concept of "invoked public opinion” to study modern presidents' use of public opinion as a rhetorical resource.