Question

Describe the formal and informal powers and strategies that modern presidents can use to get their preferred policies adopted. When are they more likely to be successful?

Answer 1

Formal powers :

• Power to convince Congress -inform the Congress periodically about the state of the union
• Make treaties - conditions gives president the power to make treaties which is a compact between independent nation's
• Appointment power - authority to dispose certain property under will
• Pardoning power - it states that president has power to grand pardon to offenses
• Command armed forces - also defined supreme body of execution power
• Veto power - power to cancel or postpone the decisions.

Informal powers of presidency:

• Power to go public
• Power of persuasion - can persuade other officials
• Make executive arrangements between heads of government of two of more nation's
• Issue executive orders to manage operations of federal government
• Make legislative proposals if two institutions agree on amendments

These powers succeed when both the president and other political bodies cooperate and if the powers of president are checked by both the legislative and judicial.