Truth is that only one or two "issues" drive elections over the the slow course of time.
Late 50's into the 60's it was civil rights and the Cold War. Everything else was gum-flapping.
After the Republicans got the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 past the racist Democratic filibisters, Viet Nam drove the vote into the 70's.
After Nixon ended the war, Watergate gave the economic radicals a crack in the door and the "safety net" versus "Nanny State" debate re-took a short stage, with Nixon being willing to pass environmental legislation and even use wage/price controls. "Corporate greed" replaced "government corruption" as the Bad Guy, with Jimmy Carter trying to take it global with a "human rights" focus. He got derailed by the global Islamic terror launch and inflation. Reagan took it back to economics - with "small government" as the meme. Bush 1 got derailed by radicalmideastcrap.V2. Clinton got a little of it all - government corruption, Middle East Crap and economics. W wanted to be the Education President who reached across the ailse. He got RadicalMiddleEast.V3.
Lurking in the background of all of that progression - just offstage - was the cost of health care/health care insurance. When Obama came in, despite the desire/demand to fix all tghinsg for all time, he spent his political capital on Obama Care.
Point being - a party platform is mostly gum-flap. A President - even a 2 termer - gets 1 or 2 issues on which to try and make an impact, and often gets derailed onto an issue NOT of their own choosing.
History also teaches that early days are where the efforts and success most likely occur. "Don't dawdle or you miss it."
Soooo, what will Biden's first 100 days be about?
Late 50's into the 60's it was civil rights and the Cold War. Everything else was gum-flapping.
After the Republicans got the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 past the racist Democratic filibisters, Viet Nam drove the vote into the 70's.
After Nixon ended the war, Watergate gave the economic radicals a crack in the door and the "safety net" versus "Nanny State" debate re-took a short stage, with Nixon being willing to pass environmental legislation and even use wage/price controls. "Corporate greed" replaced "government corruption" as the Bad Guy, with Jimmy Carter trying to take it global with a "human rights" focus. He got derailed by the global Islamic terror launch and inflation. Reagan took it back to economics - with "small government" as the meme. Bush 1 got derailed by radicalmideastcrap.V2. Clinton got a little of it all - government corruption, Middle East Crap and economics. W wanted to be the Education President who reached across the ailse. He got RadicalMiddleEast.V3.
Lurking in the background of all of that progression - just offstage - was the cost of health care/health care insurance. When Obama came in, despite the desire/demand to fix all tghinsg for all time, he spent his political capital on Obama Care.
Point being - a party platform is mostly gum-flap. A President - even a 2 termer - gets 1 or 2 issues on which to try and make an impact, and often gets derailed onto an issue NOT of their own choosing.
History also teaches that early days are where the efforts and success most likely occur. "Don't dawdle or you miss it."
Soooo, what will Biden's first 100 days be about?