As President Joe Biden nears his final days in office, his uneasy term presents Democrats with some uncomfortable parallels to their experience with Jimmy Carter.
Carter's troubled term in the White House proved the indispensable precondition to Reagan's landmark presidency, which reshaped the competition between the two major parties.
Despite his many accomplishments in the White House, the November election's outcome demonstrated that his failures eclipsed his successes for most voters.
Biden's unpopularity helped Donald Trump make major inroads among traditionally Democratic voting blocs, just as the widespread discontent over Carter's performance helped Reagan.
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