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rally: a standalone construct

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rally1 CONSTRUCTRally-round-the-flagMUELLER · FLAG

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Political science

a short-lived surge in public approval of a national leader during an international crisis or major military action.

In political science the rally-'round-the-flag effect is a short-lived surge in public approval of a national leader during an international crisis or major military action. Mueller's 1970 Presidential popularity from Truman to Johnson named and measured the pattern, showing sharp temporary jumps in presidential approval around dramatic foreign-policy events. The referent is a crisis-driven spike in leader support that typically decays within months, a construct about mass opinion that has nothing in common with a tennis exchange or a rising market beyond the shared image of a sudden upward move.[1]

Unit
A temporary percentage-point jump in leader approval during a crisis
Recovery means
The rally fades as approval drifts back toward its pre-crisis baseline over weeks to months
Measured by
Estimated as the change in approval-poll ratings around a qualifying international or security event

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References

  1. Mueller, J. E. (1970). Presidential popularity from Truman to Johnson. American Political Science Review, 64(1), 18–34. https://doi.org/10.2307/1955610

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