Opinion Today
January 25, 2021
Early indications show honeymoon period for Biden administration
Kendall Karson, ABC News
President Joe Biden is held in high regard by most Americans, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, as he takes the reins of a divided country in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic and economic crisis. In his first week in the Oval Office, Biden yielded high approval ratings for his response to the coronavirus (69%) and confidence in his ability to unify the country (57%).
How many political parties in the U.S.? Numbers suggest four, not two.
Dante Chinni, NBC News
A new president, a new Congress, and the same partisan divide, right? Already the familiar laments about the red/blue split in Washington have started, and there are many signs those left/right differences are still alive and well. But as both parties deal with internal tensions, that simple binary color code might miss some important nuances in 2021’s politics.
