The "hundred days" myth

Explain It to Me

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4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Matt and Dara are joined by Vox's Andrew Prokop to talk about the very notion of a president's "first hundred days," whether or not it is a useful or important metric for their performance. Andrew talks about the history of the term, originating with F.D.R., and our hosts evaluate some of the recent lines of comparison between Biden and Roosevelt that have been floating around in the discourse lately. Plus, some research is analyzed that examines the effect of the channel placement of Fox News in certain areas, and Republican performance in federal elections. Resources: "The myth of a president's 'first 100 days'" by Andrew Prokop, Vox (Apr. 29, 2021) "Biden's first 100 days, explained in 600 words" by German Lopez, Vox (Apr. 30, 2021) White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Slowboring.com Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration Reporter, ProPublica Andrew Prokop (@awprokop), Senior Politics Correspondent, Vox Credits: Erikk Geannikis, Editor and Producer As the Biden administration gears up, we'll help you understand this unprecedented burst of policymaking. Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weeds-newsletter. The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production. Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I like the Facebook episodes because we get complaints.
0:02.9	I mean.
0:04.1	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:20.8	I'm Ethel Eklaseus, who at ProPublica's DARREN LIND, Andrew Prokob from Vox.
0:25.5	Today is day 105 of the Biden administration.
0:30.2	Unless you're not listening to this the day we recorded it.
0:32.4	In which case it's like, yeah, maybe one of six, one of seven.
0:35.8	But late last week, we got to have our first 100 days takes.
0:40.2	Andrew did, I think, a good one.
0:42.4	It was basically a myth-busting piece.
0:45.8	So let us know.
0:47.2	Why is this fake?
0:48.6	It's such a round number.
0:50.3	I mean, I've got 10 fingers.
0:52.3	And then if you do 10 sets of 10, that's 100.
0:55.5	It's clearly more than 10.
0:56.5	It seems a bunch of leadership.
0:57.5	But if you ate more arms, Matt.
1:00.0	So.
1:01.0	That was part of FDRs.
1:02.7	Yeah.
1:03.7	Well, if you just did a lot in a hundred days, and then he just served three more terms,
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