The presidency is a conditional office where power depends on the political support that gives force to presidential leadership. This means that presidents may have varying degrees of power depending on the circumstances and their ability to develop political support. The other options are too extreme and do not accurately reflect the nuanced nature of presidential power.

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The presidency is an

A) extraordinarily strong office with sufficient powers to enable the president to control national policy under virtually all circumstances.
B) inherently weak office,in that presidents have almost no capacity to influence the major directions of national policy.
C) office in which power is conditional,depending on whether the political support that gives force to presidential leadership exists or can be developed.
D) office where power depends almost entirely on its occupant; strong leaders are always successful presidents,and weak ones never succeed.
E) office where power is fairly constant,regardless of the occupant or the circumstances.

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