Biden Promised the Most Diverse Administration Ever. Here’s How He’s Doing.

Biden Promised the Most Diverse Administration Ever. Here’s How He’s Doing.

President Joe Biden promised to have a Cabinet that reflected the diversity of the country. 


Alongside Kamala Harris, the first woman, Black person and person of South Asian descent to be vice president, Biden said last December before announcing some of his Cabinet nominees: “I promise you, you’ll see the most diverse Cabinet representative of all folks — Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos, LGBTQ — across the board.”


In addition to the Cabinet, which includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments, presidents fill roughly 4,000 politically appointed positions, including more than 1,200 that must be confirmed by the Senate. 


Multiple groups gather data on diversity in the administration. The 19th spoke to experts at the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit that provides consulting services to government agencies; the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP); and Inclusive America, a nonprofit dedicated to government diversity.


According to the Partnership for Public Service, which tracks Biden’s appointees in collaboration with The Washington Post, 41 people had been confirmed by the Senate as of April 29, out of 220 who had been nominated. In comparison, 28 appointees had been confirmed in the Trump administration at the 100-day mark. Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush had 67 and 34, respectively. 

Here’s where the Biden administration stands after 100 days in office: 


58 percent of Biden’s agency appointees are women.


Kristine Simmons, the vice president of government affairs at the Partnership for Public Service, said Biden is the first president in modern history to appoint more women than men in his first 100 days. 


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