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Will Joe Biden be a good President, and why?

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<body><h2><a class="wiki-img" href="/mediadb/image/fea38ce410524893ae19c3bce219c075/"><img alt="Joe Biden - Copyright: Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons" src="/media/displays/fea38ce410524893ae19c3bce219c075/wiki_medium.png"/></a>Background</h2>
<p>For objectivity, this question will be judged by Biden's approval rating after his 1st term, compared to that all prior presidents' since 1945. So, you must focus on the full four year term.</p>
<p>As always, please read the judgement rule § carefully before doing your trade or posting your argument.</p>
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<h2>Indicator of Presidential Quality</h2>
<h3>FivethirtyEight, Nate Silver</h3>
<p>Nate Silver modelled a combined presidential approval rating from several research institutes, intending to eliminate partisan bias.</p>
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<td style="background-color:#f4f4f4; text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom"><strong>Rank</strong></td>
<td style="background-color:#f4f4f4; text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom"><strong>President</strong></td>
<td style="background-color:#f4f4f4; text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom"><strong>Start</strong></td>
<td style="background-color:#f4f4f4; text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom"><strong>538<br/>
			1st Term</strong></td>
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<td style="text-align:right">1</td>
<td>Dwight Eisenhower</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1953</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">78.1</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:right">2</td>
<td>Ronald Reagan</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1981</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">62.0</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:right">3</td>
<td>Bill Clinton</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1993</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">58.8</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:right">4</td>
<td>John Kennedy</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1961</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">58.2</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">5</td>
<td>Harry Truman</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1945</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">57.2</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">6</td>
<td>George H.W. Bush</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1989</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">54.7</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">7</td>
<td>Richard Nixon</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1969</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">51.7</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">8</td>
<td>Gerald Ford</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1974</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">51.5</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">9</td>
<td>Barack Obama</td>
<td style="text-align:right">2009</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">51.4</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">10</td>
<td>George W. Bush</td>
<td style="text-align:right">2001</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">50.1</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">11</td>
<td>Lyndon Johnson</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1963</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">42.1</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">12</td>
<td>Donald Trump</td>
<td style="text-align:right">2016</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">38.6</td>
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<td style="text-align:right">13</td>
<td>Jimmy Carter</td>
<td style="text-align:right">1977</td>
<td style="border-color:#cccccc; text-align:right; vertical-align:bottom">33.7</td>
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<p><em>Source: <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/?cid=rrpromo" target="_blank">538</a></em></p>
<p> Biden's 538 1st term approval rating will result in the following verbal ratings:</p>
<ul>
<li>Very good: 58,8% or more</li>
<li>Good: 57.2% to 58.7%</li>
<li>Average: 51.5% to 57.1%</li>
<li>Bad: 42.2% to 51.4%</li>
<li>Very bad: 42.1% or less</li>
</ul>
<h3>Sources</h3>
<ol>
<li>Gallup: <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/Presidential-Approval-Ratings-Gallup-Historical-Statistics-Trends.aspx">Presidential Approval Ratings</a></li>
<li>Gallup: <a href="http://www.gallup.com/interactives/185273/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx">Presidential Job Approval Center</a></li>
<li>538: <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?cid=rrpromo" target="_blank">How popular is Joe Biden?</a></li>
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