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Why we can't easily compare Joe Biden's approval ratings with past presidents' numbers

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Why we can't easily compare Joe Biden's approval ratings with past presidents' numbers

Polarization has introduced hard upper and lower bounds to a president's performance, making longer historical comparisons irrelevant without proper context

G. Elliott Morris
Apr 29, 2021
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Why we can't easily compare Joe Biden's approval ratings with past presidents' numbers

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Today is Biden’s 99th day in office. Tomorrow, on his 100th, I expect we will see a torrent of news articles comparing his approval rating to past presidents’ numbers.

Most of these articles risk mak…

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