No Labels Pushes for Greater Presidential Accountability
by No Labels on Sep 7, 2013 | Views: 161 | Score: 2
| Press Conferences (Annually) | |
|---|---|
| Coolidge | 72.9 |
| Hoover | 67 |
| Roosevelt | 72.66 |
| Truman | 41.73 |
| Eisenhower* | 24.13 |
| Kennedy | 22.89 |
| Johnson | 26.16 |
| Nixon | 7.03 |
| Ford | 16.32 |
| Carter | 14.75 |
| Reagan | 5.75 |
| Bush | 34.25 |
| Clinton | 24.13 |
| Bush | 26.25 |
| Obama | 20 |
*TVs popularized most American homes by the Eisenhower Administration (1954)
Annual Average of Press Conferences Over Course of Administration
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In this modern era, presidents give 88% fewer press conferences than before the popularization of the television. News conferences serve as one of the only occasions where the president is forced to speak candidly, without a previously prepared speech. No Labels proposes a mandatory minimum of one presidential news conference per month.