Click for the charts... Business Insider, St. Louis Fed The biggest issue in this year's election is the economy.

So the question members of both political teams keep asking Americans is, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

Many Americans certainly aren't better off than they were four years ago, because they don't have jobs.

But are average Americans better off than they were four years ago?

And are things getting better or worse?

Let's leave politics aside for a moment, and...