It’s massive, more than twice the size of the stimulus bill passed in Barack Obama’s early days amidst the Great Recession in 2009.
Geoffrey.skelley: Unquestionably, it’s passing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. What do you think is the biggest thing the Biden administration has done so far? I’ve also been surprised by just how much more liberal and populist the Democratic Party is under Biden, the quintessential median Democrat. I agree with Perry, though, in that I’ve been struck by how the administration has chosen to frame bipartisanship - to pass popular legislation without really trying to court Republican lawmakers. Trump might be out of the White House, but Trumpism is very much still with us. And I think there’s a real question still of what the long-term fallout of the insurrection at the Capitol will be when it’s apparent that there is so much partisan animosity in our politics. Sarah: There’s certainly been a lot of discussion around whether we can actually “go back to normal” after Trump, as Julia pointed out. How Often Every Member Of Congress Votes With Or Against Biden Read more. Trump quickly fell into the mid-to-low 40s in his early days, and while Biden’s approval rating is not that low - he’s hung out mostly in the mid-to-low 50s - it does seem as if the honeymoon effect, or the period at the start of a president’s term when he has a higher-than-average approval rating, is fading given how polarized our politics are.Įvery president going back to Jimmy Carter had an approval rating of around 58 percent or higher on Day 100 before Trump, who was at 42 percent in FiveThirtyEight’s approval tracker, whereas Biden looks headed for 53 percent or so. Geoffrey.skelley ( Geoffrey Skelley, elections analyst): For me, I’ve gotten a better sense for what the potential ceiling might be on a president’s approval rating when a president isn’t constantly courting controversy.
He is moving forward on his goals aggressively and not desperately chasing Republican votes that aren’t likely to come anyway. Perry ( Perry Bacon Jr., senior writer): One thing I’ve taken from these first 100 days is that Biden didn’t believe - or wasn’t committed to - his rhetoric about how the Republicans were going to work with him. Yes, the White House withdrew its nomination of Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget because of her past comments on Twitter, but even still, this wasn’t an all-consuming fight in the way that nominations were during Trump’s presidency. According to The Washington Post, which has been tracking political appointments in this administration, Biden is the first president in decades to not have a single failed nominee, despite the Senate being divided. I was somewhat surprised (though, in retrospect, maybe I shouldn’t have been) by how clearly the pendulum swung back and by how uneventful and unchaotic this presidency has been so far. Julia_azari: It’s less to do with Trump and more about the nature of the presidency. Sarah: But what has Biden helped you understand better about Trump, Julia? I wasn’t sure what the presidency would look like after Trump, and I’m not sure if a relatively quiet leader like Biden - who’s been quite restrained in his public communications - was it. Julia_azari ( Julia Azari, political science professor at Marquette University and FiveThirtyEight contributor): At the risk of annoying everyone in the entire world, I think the biggest thing I’ve learned is actually about Trump’s legacy, something I’ve thought quite a bit about. What’s the biggest thing you’ve learned so far from Biden’s first 100 days? And, of course, our country remains very divided, making Biden’s campaign promise of unity a hard one to achieve. Joe Manchin be? - and whether his strategy of passing legislation without trying to win Republican lawmakers’ support will backfire. But Biden has also shown that he’s willing to push for big, ambitious proposals that show just how far to the left the Democratic Party moved during Donald Trump’s presidency.Īt the same time, there are real questions about what Biden will be able to achieve given Democrats’ slim majority in Congress - how big a roadblock will someone like Sen. This has meant that much of his first 100 days has focused on getting Americans relief and trying to stimulate the economy through a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package, in addition to ramping up vaccination efforts.
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