Quinnipiac’s most disturbing finding is that 58 percent of Americans believe that “the nation’s democracy is in danger of collapse.” Nevertheless, Biden doesn’t seem to understand that his victory—and, no, Trump wasn’t actually the winner because of voter fraud—came with a modest mandate to smooth over our fractured political divisions.

The main problem is that Biden, whose Senate career epitomized don’t-rock-the-boat establishmentarianism, is governing like a cross between socialist Bernie Sanders and incompetent Jimmy Carter. After his first 100 days in office, NBC News interviewed progressives who were surprisingly giddy at the new president’s priorities.

“Biden has been incredibly responsive to the progressive movement,” one New York City congressman told the news service. “I don’t think (liberals) would have been better if Bernie Sanders was the president,” said a union leader. Progressives are thrilled with Biden’s multitrillion-dollar spending plans, his efforts to hike the minimum wage and movement toward government-run healthcare.