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>This is the correct answer. Carter would have lost to a significantly worse candidate than Reagan if they hadn't had Reagan.

Do you feel like there's current events comparison of Carter vs Biden?

>but they certainly crush the current president and Congress when the economy is bad and inflation is high.

Economy is doing pretty good, starting to kick in post-pandemic recovery boost. https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp-growth-rate?co...

Yes inflation is out of control but economy is looking great right now.

>It doesn't matter whether he did anything to cause it or not.

I find that the case. When the economy is doing well, both sides claim success. Current president claims his actions and previous president claims older actions took some time to work out. When the economy isn't doing well, both sides claim not me. It was the other guy's fault.



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