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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First Year Project Introduction

Watch this overview of the First Year Project

Immigration

Xenophobia’s unlearned lesson

Daniel Tichenor explains why Republicans will pay a steep political price for playing the nativist card
Daniel Tichenor
University of Oregon

The Presidency

Which first year?

Saladin Ambar tries to make sense of successful (and not-so successful) presidential first years
Saladin Ambar
Lehigh Univeristy

Economic Issues

Block parties

David Dagan explains the partisan edge of the "new American localism"
David Dagan
Johns Hopkins University

Congress

Beyond partisanship

Emily Baer discusses how to fix strained congressional-presidential relations
Emily Baer
University of Minnesota

The Presidency

By the Book: Franklin Pierce

Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 14th president
Bryan Craig
Miller Center