"); WASHINGTON â When John Lynch was governor of New Hampshire, his approval ratings were often stratospheric â hitting 73% in one 2008 poll. Lynch, a Democrat, joked at the time that his wife tried to make sure his head didnât get too big by observing: â73 is a C. Whatâs so great about that?â President-elect Joe Biden would love to earn that kind of C. There is an obsession in our deeply polarized country with how we might come together. Many of the popular remedies are of a touchy-feely sort: Listen to each other better, spend time with people we disagree with, read those whose views differ from ours.