1948 to 2001, average economic performance under Democratic (D) or Republican (R) presidents.
____Unemployment_______GDP Growth________Inflation
D__________4.84%____________4.08%__________3.97%
R__________6.35%____________2.86%__________3.95%
Further, all income groups did better under post-war Democratic presidents, with those in the bottom 20 percent enjoying income increases as much as four times under the Democrats as what they enjoyed under Republican presidents.
Paper cited:
http://www.princeton.edu/~bartels/income.pdf
Article from which summary was extracted:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200608u/stagflation
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