Man on the Street: A one year review of Biden’s presidency
One year after the election of President Biden, The Leader asked students across campus what they thought of Biden’s work as president.
Nolan Fraaza, sophomore exercise science major
Q: How has Biden been doing during his presidency so far?
A: I think he’s been doing an alright job and I mean there are things she could’ve done better. I don’t agree with how he left Afghanistan. I really appreciate his striving for climate change and trying to make a national stance on that.
Q: Is he better than former President Trump?
A: Absolutely. He’s a decent human being.
Q: Would you vote Biden for a second term?
A: I have to see who’s he running up against, but his environmental views have had a pretty big sway on me.
Emerson Azcoitia, freshman (They/Them) elementary ed. major
Q: How has Biden been doing during his presidency so far?
A: I believe that he’s been doing good. I feel like we’ve seen some major changes, but we haven’t seen some of the stuff he’s promised. I understand that it’s difficult with politics right now in general, and how back and forth it is. He’s trying to go through and solve what the former president did. In general I think he’s been doing good and I like to see how much he’s done for different communities. Both him and Kamala Harris.
Q: Is he better than former President Trump?
A: As someone who is queer, a person of color, and trans, for me, underneath Trump it felt a little scary with some of the things he was saying. I don’t feel in fear of my basic rights as an individual underneath the Biden administration.
Q: Would you vote Biden for a second term?
A: As of right now, I probably would.
Aaliya Khaja, sophomore biology major
Q: How has Biden been doing during his presidency so far?
A: The first thing that comes to mind is international affairs. I know that Palestine has been struggling a lot. Palestinian citizens are having their phones taken and there’s so much violence going on. I was expecting him to help out, like with humanitarian aid. In terms of that, I don’t think he’s as different from other presidents. He’s a better change from our last president, but being a huge help to Palestine, I don’t think he’s done as much.
Q: Is he better than former President Trump?
A: I consider him to be better than Trump. You don’t have that white privilege happening as much anymore. Kamala Harris and him, they’re inclusive to other races.
Q: Would you vote Biden for a second term?
A: I honestly would wait and see who the other candidates are and see their values. Currently, it was picking the best of the worst.
Amina Nalik, freshman logic and supply chain management major
Q: How has Biden been doing during his presidency so far?
A: With foreign affairs I feel like he could be handling things better. There are a lot of innocent lives that are being put on stake. On a different spectrum, what he has done well he has shown a lot more effort in trying to help with the pandemic. So we have gone somewhere. He’s made it so that seeing someone popular like Olivia Rodrigo, who went to the White House and advocated getting the vaccine, probably helps a lot.
Q: Is he better than former President Trump?
A: Trump was very openly racist, sexist, and he said horrible things that separated people in America. He encouraged people not to check their resources and believe everything we see online. Which is obviously really bad and that sort of puts this country and its people in a hold where they are unwilling to learn about each other and not to be kind to each other.
Q: Would you vote Biden for a second term?
A: It depends on how he does in the rest of his term and also depending on the candidates. I’ll make sure to do my research on which one will be the best for the country and its people.
