es following Reagan's 1980 election ranged from 69 to 89 percent and similiarly high expectations arose after Bush was elected in 1988. This differs greatly from the French's public oppinion polls of newly elected presidents. According to Alba the majority of the french citizens polled do not have as high expectation for their newly elected presidents as American do. On average only 50 to 60 perc!
             ent to of the French respondents expected the high accomplishments promised of the president elect.
             Americans can also be described as "emotional presidentialists", according to Hardin , almost all of our American heroes from the past are presidents; when candidates run for president, they promise to be like the best of their predecessors and the best Americans they can be. Hardin also noted, heroic feelings about the presidency show up most dramatically during a time of crisis, such as World War two, Roosevelt was considered one the greatest American heroes of the twentieth century or at the death of a president, such as the assasination of President John F. Kennedy. Surveys taken shortly after the death of Kennedy found that Americans were displaying symptoms of grief that otherwise only appear at the death of a close friend or relative . Bennett concluded that this is similar to France as well as other countries that the death of a president, whether it be from natural cause or assasination, that the death of the chief of the government whether they were popular or no!
             t brings deep emotional sadness to the people of that country. The public's emotional attachment to the president has implications of its own for a strong leade
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