[johnnyanmac]

philisophically, it does a lot of reflections of what people vote for. The economy was bad under Reagan, Reagan fixed the short term at the "cost" of letting corporations slowly spiral out of control. By the time people notice this Reagan would be long out of office, possibly long dead.

Jimmy overall was thinking long term and made tough decisions that were unpopular. Leading to one of the biggest blowouts in decades at that point (one that has not yet been replicated since). The only surprise here is that Carter didn't become jaded and just live out his life peacefully on his own terms.