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title: "Why did the misery index have a significant impact on Carter's election loss in 1980?A. It highlighted Carter's foreign policy failures. B. It showed Carter's lack of commitment to social welfare. C."  
description: "Why did the misery index have a significant impact on Carter's election loss in 1980?A. It highlighted Carter's foreign policy failures. B. It showed Carter's lack of commitment to social welfare. C."  
author: "Pradeep Agnihotri"  
published: 2018-10-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51285/why-did-the-misery-index-have-a-significant-impact-on-carter-s-election-loss-in-1980-a-it-highlighted-carter-s-foreign-policy-failures-b-it-showed-carter-s-lack-of-commitment-to-social-welfare-c  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the misery index have a significant impact on Carter's election loss in 1980?A. It highlighted Carter's foreign policy failures. B. It showed Carter's lack of commitment to social welfare. C. 

Why did the misery [index](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13152/why-google-s-mobile-first-index-makes-total-sense-in-2018) have a [significant impact](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115664/which-bollywood-movies-have-made-a-significant-impact-internationally-and-why) on [Carter](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51440/what-were-the-camp-david-accords-led-by-president-carter)'s [election](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81950/how-political-parties-conduct-when-election-announcement-occurs) loss in 1980?A. It highlighted Carter's [foreign policy](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81233/time-for-change-in-usa-s-foreign-policy) failures. B. It showed Carter's lack of commitment to [social welfare](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101687/what-steps-does-india-take-to-promote-social-welfare-and-development). C. It demonstrated Carter's inability to lower interest.\
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