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Originally Posted by JBKlyde
I like republican because they are apparently going to return to the constitution and help restore our future..
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After the 2000 election, we discussed routine behavior of the stock market. It tends to drop with Republican presidents. Talk about an understated prediction.
The Economist of 6 Oct 2012 provides numbers:
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Since 1929 Republican presidents have had ten full terms in office. The average annual real price change in American equities over this period is slightly less than zero, according to Barclays Capital’s “Equity Gilt Study”. The average real price gain in years of Democratic presidencies has been 7%. In nominal terms, the Democrats have walloped the Republicans by 10.8% to 2.7%. ...
The average inflation rate under Democrats has indeed been a bit higher—3.5%, compared with 3% under Republicans.
... between 1952 and 2004 the average annual real post-tax income gain for the rich (defined as those in the 80th percentile of income) was 1.37% when Democrats were in the White House and just 0.92% when Republicans were.
Interestingly, when Mr Bartels looks at the real post-tax income growth of the poor (defined as those at the 20th percentile of earnings), the picture looks rather different. Their income increased by 1.56% a year under Democrats and declined by 0.32% a year under Republicans. In other words, the gap between the rich and the rest grew substantially wider under Republican administrations.
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How does one benchmark their sources? Anyone who did not know these well proven concepts should be examining their propaganda for bias.
Even Capital One keeps asking, "What's in your Wallet?"