Donald Trump has some thanks to give based on two polls conducted since his election on November 5.

An Emerson College poll gives him a 54% favorable rating, the highest in the eight years Emerson has polled him. Some 59% of white voters view him favorably, along with 53% of Hispanic and 28% of black voters.

Outgoing President Biden has a 36% approval rating, his lowest ever in the Emerson poll.

A CBS News/YouGov survey also gives Trump’s handling of the transition period high marks with 59% approving. A surprising one out of seven Democrats say they are “excited” or “optimistic” about what Trump will do as president.

Presidential approval ratings float up and down. But it’s important that Biden leaves office unpopular and largely discredited. His economic, fiscal, energy, and inflation policies did great damage to our country. His one contribution that will hopefully be recorded in the history books is that he single-handedly forever discredited Modern Monetary Theory.