Opinion | There's a reason is Biden is leaving the White House with two wildly different legacies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

74% : While Zeitz thinks Biden was an "extremely good president," if Trump does fundamental or even irreversible damage to America's democratic institutions, it will cast an even more negative light on Biden's stubborn insistence on running for re-election.
68% : Biden also signed the CHIPS Act, which provided more than $50 billion in spending to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry, and the first gun safety legislation in decades.
61% : Two years ago, one could argue that Biden's most significant accomplishment was unseating Donald Trump after four disastrous years in office that shook the very foundations of American democracy.
59% : But while Biden ousted Trump from the White House in 2021, he unquestionably contributed to Trump's return in 2025.
51% : The IRA additionally enabled Medicare to negotiate -- and subsequently reduce -- drug prices.

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