Turquoise wrote:
imortal wrote:
Interesting why everyone posting from outside the US like him, while the americans don't. You guys like him, YOU elect him as your leader. WE tried it and regretted it.
Remember the Misery Index?
http://www.miseryindex.us/indexbypresident.asp
This pretty much sums up this thread well. Although.... by that measure, both Dubya and Clinton were better presidents than Reagan....
Hold on to your hat, Turq. I actually agree that, by that scale, Clinton had a better misery index than Reagan. But look what Reagan had to deal with, and how Clinton started. Here:
http://www.miseryindex.us/indexbyyear.asp This is a breakdown by year.
I will even get scarier.
CARTER:
1977: 13.55
0.7% increase from the previous year.1978: 13.69
0.01% increase from the previous year.1979: 17.07
24.7% increase from the previous year.1980: 20.76
21.2% increase from the previous year.overall change during term:
53.2% increase during term.average change per year in office:
11.65% increase per year (avg)REAGAN:
1981: 17.97
13.4% decrease from the previous year.1982: 15.87
11.7% decrease from the previous year.1983: 12.82
19.2% decrease from the previous year.1984: 11.81
7.9% decrease from the previous year.1985: 10.74
9.1% decrease from the previous year.1986: 8.91
17.0% decrease from the previous year.1987: 9.84
10.4% increase from the previous year.1988: 9.57
2.8% decrease from the previous year.overall change during term:
46.7% decrease during term.average change per year in office:
8.84% decrease per year (avg)CLINTON:
1993: 9.87
6.2% decrease from the previous year.1994: 8.71
11.8% decrease from the previous year.1995: 8.40
3.6% decrease from the previous year.1996: 8.34
0.7% decrease from the previous year.1997: 7.28
12.7% decrease from the previous year.1998: 6.05
16.9% decrease from the previous year.1999: 6.41
5.9% increase from the previous year.2000: 7.35
14.7% increase from the previous year.overall change during term:
25.5% decrease during term.average change per year in office:
3.91% decrease per year (avg)There. Way to much math for me. Does it still look like Clinton did better? And yes, I am always a critic of statistics myself, so just take these and do what you want with them.