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• TITLE: “Better Angels of Our Nature”: Warmth and Optimism in Presidential Leadership

  AUTHORS: Robert F. Bruner

  KEYWORDS: Leadership Attributes, Optimism, U.S. Presidents

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Leadership, Vol.13 No.1, February 29, 2024

  ABSTRACT: Of the attributes of presidential leadership examined by political scientists and historians, optimism is among the most interesting and least-studied. Do U.S. presidents express themes of optimism more than the population? Is such an expression associated with the person’s life experience and the context while serving in office? And does optimism influence the presidential legacy? This study examines memoirs, inaugural addresses, and State of the Union messages of the post-World War II U.S. presidents. Analysis of these texts draws upon computer-based natural language processing to identify sentiments of optimism, which are compared statistically to a broad sample of modern literature and among the presidents. Analysis reveals that these presidents express sentiments of warmth and optimism significantly more than a mass of post-World War II literature.