Editing Joe Biden (section)

===Assessments===

A February 2024 [[American Political Science Association]] poll of historians and scholars ranked Biden as the 14th-greatest president, diverging from public assessments. The pollsters noted that Biden's ranking was unusually high for a presidency without military victories or institutional expansion, and with personal scandals such as Hunter Biden's. The experts polled generally regarded Biden's signature accomplishment as his victory over Trump in the 2020 election, which was perceived as helping to protect and restore political and institutional norms in American government.<ref>{{Cite web|date = 18 February 2024|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/politics/biden-trump-presidential-rankings.html|title=Poll Ranks Biden as 14th-Best President, With Trump Last|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date = 18 February 2024|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-18/trump-biden-presidents-day-ranking-poll-election-2024|title=Opinion: We know how voters feel about Trump and Biden. But how do the experts rank their presidencies?|newspaper=LA Times}}</ref><ref name=bc>{{Cite web|last=Chappell|first=Bill|date = 19 February 2024|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/02/19/1232447088/historians-presidents-survey-trump-last-biden-14th|title=In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call|website=NPR}}</ref>

Journalist [[Amy Walter]], editor of the nonpartisan ''The Cook Political Report'', argued that Biden's presidency was deemed a failure by the public particularly due to frustration over inflation. Walter said that voters considered inflation the most important factor with respect to the economy, more important than the stock market, low unemployment, or household income.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/democrats-solution-winning-2028-wont-come-over-analyzing-2024?check_logged_in=1 |title=Democrats' Solution For Winning in 2028 Won't Come From Over-Analyzing 2024 Results |date=December 11, 2024 |first1=Amy |last1=Walter |website=The Cook Political Report |access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref> The extent to which Biden's policies were responsible for inflation is debated by economists,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/post-neoliberal-delusion|title=The Post-Neoliberal Delusion and the Tragedy of Bidenomics|first1=Jason|last1=Furman|date=February 10, 2025|access-date=February 10, 2025|quote=Jason Furman is Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University. He was Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2013 to 2017.|website=Foreign Affairs}}</ref> but according to Gallup, public perception of the economy in 2024 was worse only in 2008 and 1992, helping Trump win the 2024 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/653303/political-fundamentals-foreshadowed-trump-victory.aspx |title=Political Fundamentals Foreshadowed Trump Victory |date=November 8, 2024 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |publisher=Gallup, Inc. |first1=Megan |last1=Brenan |first2=Jeffrey M. |last2=Jones |first3=Lydia |last3=Saad}}</ref>