No less an authority than the Economist shows that under Democratic Presidents the stock market has outperformed by a wide margin what was accomplished by Republican Presidents.



And this GOP poor economic and stock market performance goes back 80 years. The fundamental problem is that Republican Presidents have had poor economic policy and tolerated Business excesses. Hoover and Republican predecessors indulgence lead to the Great Depression. The economic disasters of the George W. Bush Presidency lead to the recent Great Recession. And in between only Reagan”s 2nd term and both terms of Eisenhower showed sustained positive stock market growth. In contrast only Truman and FDR’s War years showed notable stock market declines. But the overall results are decidedly in favor of the Democrats. Go here to see the detailed analysis.