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But Biden might want to keep that inflationary pain in mind. Jimmy Carter, the president whose jobs record he just beat, isn’t generally thought to have had a successful economic record because inflation throughout most of his tenure was worse than it is today. That economic hurt was a major factor behind Carter’s failure to win reelection in 1980.We know. Clinton did a good job and instead of Gore you voted for that idiot Bush.
So we know no matter how good a Democrat does, you'll vote Republican.
How Well Is Joe Biden Actually Doing?
The president’s current unpopularity is largely driven by factors beyond his control. On five policy matters where he has direct influence, his record is more mixed.
He's actually doing a great job
Here are five overlooked policy areas: two in which Biden’s administration is doing well, without much of anyone noticing; two in which it’s doing badly; and one mixed. Even on these issues, outcomes depend on more than just the administration’s actions. But perhaps they’ll give us a more accurate view of how good Biden is at presidenting.
e’re more than 100 days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and it’s rather remarkable how well the anti-Putin alliance has held together. No, US allies aren’t always doing exactly what Biden wants, but whatever winds up happening on the ground, it’s hard to find fault with the diplomatic effort.
Casualty success. It’s fairly well known that 13 US troops lost their lives during the withdrawal from Afghanistan last August. What’s perhaps less well known is that those were the only such deaths in Afghanistan during Biden’s presidency — and that there still haven’t been any troop deaths in Iraq since January 2021. During Trump’s presidency, the combined number of deaths (in Afghanistan and Iraq/Syria) came to 37 in 2017, 31 in 2018, 36 in 2019 and 22 in 2020. Biden took plenty of criticism over how the withdrawal was conducted, and some objected to leaving Afghanistan at all. But it’s more than a footnote that, after 20 years, the steady flow of US troop deaths has, at least for now, finally come to a stop.
Oh and there's this
Biden Heads for the Midterms with Ten Million New Jobs
Inflation is still a cause for concern, but no other President has had this pace of job growth in their first two years in office.