The Presidency / The First Year

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Joe Biden at one year

Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office

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Donald Trump at one year

White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days

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Featured Video

First Year Project Introduction

Watch this overview of the First Year Project

The Presidency

Healing the fractures

U.S. News & World Report on the First Year project's efforts to help the next president
Sheila Blackford
Miller Center

Politics

Managing dissent

Boris Heersink explains how the next president will have to manage relations internally and externally
Boris Heersink
University of Virginia

Social Issues

Flexibility won’t go far enough

Benjamin Holtzman argues that the national crises of homelessness and affordable housing require federal solutions
Benjamin Holtzman
Brown Univeristy

Political Parties and Movements

Building the party

Laura Blessing argues that the next president should strengthen their party using message, money, and policy
Laura Blessing
Georgetown Univeristy