economic growth is an interesting issue to campaign on. A quick non bias research took me to this site
http://www.thebalance.com/us-gdp-by-year-3305543
for stuffs and googles, I picked the five years with most growth and five with least in the last half century
top growth was
7.2 percent in 1984 (under rep Reagan, with rep senate/ dem house)
5.6 in 1973(under rep Nixon, with dem controlled congress)
5.5 in 1978(under dem Carter, with dem controlled congress)
5.4 in 1976(under rep Ford, with dem controlled congress)
5.3 in 1972(under rep Nixon, with dem controlled congress)
least growth was
-2.5 percent in 2009(under Dem Obama, with dem controlled congress)
-1.8 percent in 1982(under rep Reagan, with rep senate/dem house)
-0.2 in 1980(under rep Reagan, with dem controlled congress)
-0.1 in 2008(under rep GW Bush, with dem controlled congress)
-0.1 in 1991(under rep GH Bush, with dem controlled congress)
The numbers dont seem so clear on who does most for economic growth. top growth has been republican POTUS, but with DEM controlled congress.
http://www.infoplease.com/history-and-government/us-government/composition-congress-political-party-1855-2017
Edited by
msharmony
on Fri 02/08/19 05:33 PM