Public Support for Presidents I (UMAP)

This module will allow students to work with elementary gain/loss models, and understand some of the basic principles of the use of models to study political behavior.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. A MODEL OF PRESIDENTIAL POPULARITY

3. CHANGE IN THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT OVER TIME

4. THE IMPACT OF THE INITIAL LEVEL OF SUPPORT

5. A NUMERICAL EXAMPLE

6. DERIVATION OF THE GENERAL SOLUTION

7. CONCLUSION

8. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES