True, but the misery index is trending to reach Carter era levels soon (within two months). In reality, it's probably already happened even using official gov't numbers; however, the gov't numbers for December inflation are not yet published. December inflation data is due out on Jan. 15.
Being able to compare Zero's economy with Carter's will be a huge benefit to Republicans.
The Misery Index for December was 12.72.
Ironically, this was the exact reading for Jan. of 1977, the first year of the Carter Administration.
This was also the lowest reading of his term in office.