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After a tumultuous few weeks, President-elect Joe Biden will officially take the oath of office on Wednesday. 

Electoral College victory just hours after

 into the Capitol building, temporarily delaying proceedings.  

His administration’s ability to pass legislation opened up drastically, when Democrats 

 won Senate seats in Georgia’s runoff elections.  

Their victories gave the Democratic caucus 

 in the Senate, which splits the chamber evenly with the Republican caucus. The tie-breaker vote will go to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, garnering Democrats slight control so long as they can keep their party united.

Democrats also held onto their majority in the House of Representatives, despite 

 over what issues the party needs to focus on and whose votes they should be courting. 

Two political scientists joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for a conversation about the Democratic mandate for the Biden administration’s first 100 days.   

 is director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver. He is also the author of “Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016-2020.”

 is an associate professor of African and African American studies at The University of Oklahoma and author of “Racial Coalition Building in Local Elections: Elite Cues and Cross-Ethnic Voting.” 

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