US economy - performance of Republican and Democratic administrations

boxleitnerb

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I read this some time ago and in light of the upcoming election I thought I post this to give people some information about their choices and start a discussion.

As it seems, going back until WW2, under Democratic administrations the economy fares much better than under Republican ones. I find it remarkable, especially since even accounting for external effects and long-term policies, this holds true. The authors of the article cannot find any explanation, so your guess is as good as mine or theirs.

What do you think?

Since World War II, Democrats have seen job creation average 1.7 % per year when in office, versus 1.0 % under the GOP. US GDP has averaged a rate of growth of 4.23 percent per annum during Democratic administrations, versus 2.36 per cent under Republicans, a remarkable difference of 1.87 percentage points. This is postwar data, covering 19 presidential terms—from Truman through Biden. If one goes back further, to the Great Depression, to include Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt, the difference in growth rates is even larger.

The results are similar regardless whether one assigns responsibility for the first quarter of a president’s term to him or to his predecessor. Relatedly, the average Democratic presidential term has been in recession for 1 of its 16 quarters, whereas the average for the Republican terms has been 5 quarters, a startlingly big difference.
 

Ken g6

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Republicans used to tax and cut spending, slowing the economy. Now they cut spending and cut taxes, which both lowers investment in the economy and raises inflation by borrowing to fund the government.

Democrats tax those who can afford it and spend, propping up the economy with real money, and lowering inequality.
 
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eelw

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Unfortunate thing is uninformed voters will only see milk and gas went up

But love what Obama said in last nights speech. Acknowledged high inflation but then says don’t be fooled with the boasting by the orange monkey with his great economy. It was MY!!! economy that he was riding the coat tails on.
 
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dullard

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Since WW2, no recession began during these administrations: John Kennedy 1961-1963, Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969, Gerald Ford 1974-1977, Bill Clinton 1993-2001, Barrack Obama 2009-2017, Joe Biden 2021-today. Those presidents sometimes started office with a recession, but no new recession started during their term.

If you look at that list, it is pretty one-sided politically. Just about every Republican president had a recession start, often in every term in office if they served more than one term. A big part of that is the policies to reduce swings in the economy vs. letting the economy do whatever it does.
 
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dank69

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That's so weird, because economically everyone knows red states outperform blue states by a wide margin. The same is true for education and healthcare. Only explanation is that your link is fake news.
 

balloonshark

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Not to mention that low-t rumps economic plan will doublet the debt when compared to the Harris plan. It turns out that conservatives aren't really conservative.
 
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boxleitnerb

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That's so weird, because economically everyone knows red states outperform blue states by a wide margin. The same is true for education and healthcare. Only explanation is that your link is fake news.
„Everyone knows“ sounds like you have no sources and are just making stuff up.
 

Muse

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And Trump says, if you don't want to believe the truth/facts, if you don't mind "believing" the opposite, I got a blurb for ya:

Trump sez:

I had the greatest economy in the history of the USA, blah, blah, blah...
 
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