Saturday, November 15, 2003
Bush's Misery
Misery index rising under Bush0 comments
To help Kark Rove and Terry McAuliffe in their planning, we recap:
The Misery Index is the sum of the Inflation Rate and the Unemployment Rate. So, rising is bad; dropping is good.
Year / Incumbent / Index Number / Breakdown / Election Result
1976 (Gerald Ford): 13.1 -- 5.5 Inflation + 7.6 Unemployment (Carter wins)
1980 (Jimmy Carter): 20.2 -- 12.7 + 7.5 (Reagan wins)
1984 (Ronald Reagan): 11.6 -- 4.3 + 7.3 (Reagan wins)
1988 (Open Seat): 9.6 -- ? + ? (G.H.W. Bush wins)
1992 (George H. W. Bush): 10.6 -- ? + ? (Clinton wins)
2000 (Open seat): 6.7 -- 2.6 + 4.1 (G.W. Bush wins, sorta)
2003 (George W. Bush): 8.2 -- 2.2 + 6.0 (??? wins)
Ready, boys?
posted by Gotham 11:59 AM
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