Many years ago, we debuted the idea of a " stock market Mount Rushmore ," evaluating America's best and worst presidents through the singular lens of equity performance.

But recently, we wondered: What if we viewed the Oval Office through a metric that speaks to all Americans? Say … inflation ?

A recent Gallup survey suggests almost 60% of American adults own stock, but that still leaves about 113 million of us who don't. But virtually everyone can tell you how they've been affected by the various price pains they've absorbed over the past few years: housing, gas, vehicles, education, insurance, eggs, meat and more.

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