No Labels Pushes for Greater Presidential Accountability
by No Labels on Sep 7, 2013 | Views: 176 | Score: 2
Press Conferences (Annually) | |
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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
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.