How Presidents Govern: Crash Course Government and Politics #14

This week Craig Benzine talks about how the President gets things done. Filling the role of the Executive Branch is a pretty big job - much too big for just one person. It's so big that the President employs an entire federal bureaucracy! Today, we’re just going to focus on those closest to the President, like the Vice President, the Cabinet, and the Executive Office of the President. We’ll figure out which strategy is most useful in helping the President make things happen and we’ll discuss the controversy around the President’s gradual increase in power. Oh, and as many of you noticed - last episode eagle got off too easy. Let’s see if we can make it up to you. Support is provided by Voqal: http://www.voqal.org Chapters: Introduction: Governing 00:00 Who makes up the Executive Branch? 0:36 Who makes up the Executive Office of the President? 1:36 Independent agencies & government corporations 2:35 How the President can use party leadership to govern 3:57 How the President can use the media to shift public opinion 5:00 How the President can use administrative strategy to govern 5:29 Why Presidents rely on administrative strategies 7:19 Credits 8:50 Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at   / crashcourse   Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook -   / youtubecrashcourse   Twitter -   / thecrashcourse   Instagram -   / thecrashcourse   CC Kids:    / crashcoursekids