What are the categories of a president’s personality?

According to Barber, presidents can be understood best by observing their style (habitual ways of performing political roles), worldview (politically relevant beliefs), and especially character- “the way the President orients himself toward life- not for the moment, but enduringly. “Character,” others argue, “reflects a person’s basic and habitual ways of relating to circumstances.” In Barber’s formulation, two dimensions of presidential character are critical: the energy presidents put into the job (active or passive) and their personal satisfaction with their presidential duties (negative or positive). ACTIVE PRESIDENTS are movers and shakers, energetically engaged in the challenge of leading, eagerly attentive to the responsibilities of office, and willing to accept the task of policy formulation and management. NEGATIVE TYPES, Barber notes, tend to have had childhood experiences that make them dutifully accept but not enjoy the demands that go with holding power. These two dimensions of presidential character create four categories: passive-negative, passive-positive, active-negative, and active-positive.

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