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Micah, I guess the question comes down to whether the election said something specific about those things. Any president would be expected to address these major national issues. I guess you could say that the election was a referendum, to some degree, on the incumbent administration’s approach to those issues.

Two intertwined and thankless mandates, Micah.

Let’s talk about mandates. Julia has written about how real mandates are a bit of a myth, but doesn’t Biden have two sorta obvious and thankless mandates?

1. Get the novel coronavirus pandemic under control.
2. Help get the economy back on track (to the extent that presidents have any influence on the economy).