Just sayin'

 

Democrats do a consistently better job with the economy than Democrats. That is true of employment, growth, balanced budgets, deficits and surplus, and stock market performance.

It also tends to be true of advances in research and development and encouragement for social advances, like civil rights.

AND from wikipedia:



and by president:

U.S. president	Party	Term years	Start jobs (Jan)	Start jobs (Sept)	End jobs (Jan)	End jobs (Sept)	Created (Jan)	Created (Sept)	Ave annual increase (Jan)	Ave annual increase (Sept)
Harding/Coolidge	R	1921–1925	25,000 **		29,500 **		+4,500 **		+4.23% **
Calvin Coolidge	R	1925–1929	29,500 **		32,100 **		+2,600 **		+2.13% **
Herbert Hoover	R	1929–1933	32,100 **		25,700 **		-6,400 **		-5.41% **
Franklin Roosevelt	D	1933–1937	25,700 **		31,200 **		+5,500 **		+4.97% **
Franklin Roosevelt	D	1937–1941	31,200 **		34,480	37,836	+3,280 **		+2.53% **
Franklin Roosevelt	D	1941–1945	34,480	37,836	41,903	38,500	+7,423	+664	+5.00%	+0.44%
Roosevelt/Truman	D	1945–1949	41,903	38,500	44,675	43,784	+2,772	+5,284	+1.61%	+3.27%
Harry Truman	D	1949–1953	44,675	43,784	50,145	50,365	+5,470	+6,581	+2.93%	+3.56%
Dwight Eisenhower	R	1953–1957	50,145	50,365	52,888	52,932	+2,743	+2,567	+1.34%	+1.25%
Dwight Eisenhower	R	1957–1961	52,888	52,932	53,683	54,387	+795	+1,455	+0.37%	+0.68%
Kennedy/Johnson	D	1961–1965	53,683	54,387	59,583	61,490	+5,900	+7,103	+2.64%	+3.12%
Lyndon Johnson	D	1965–1969	59,583	61,490	69,438	70,918	+9,855	+9,428	+3.90%	+3.63%
Richard Nixon	R	1969–1973	69,438	70,918	75,620	77,281	+6,182	+6,363	+2.16%	+2.17%
Nixon/Ford	R	1973–1977	75,620	77,281	80,692	83,532	+5,072	+6,251	+1.64%	+1.96%
Jimmy Carter	D	1977–1981	80,692	83,532	91,031	91,471	+10,339	+7,939	+3.06%	+2.30%
Ronald Reagan	R	1981–1985	91,031	91,471	96,353	98,023	+5,322	+6,552	+1.43%	+1.75%
Ronald Reagan	R	1985–1989	96,353	98,023	107,133	108,326	+10,780	+10,303	+2.69%	+2.53%
George H. W. Bush	R	1989–1993	107,133	108,326	109,726	111,358	+2,593	+3,032	+0.60%	+0.69%
Bill Clinton	D	1993–1997	109,725	111,360	121,233	123,418	+11,507	+12,060	+2.52%	+2.60%
Bill Clinton	D	1997–2001	121,231	123,418	132,466	131,524	+11,233	+8,106	+2.24%	+1.60%
George W. Bush	R	2001–2005	132,466	131,524	132,453	134,240	-13	+2,716	-0.00%	+0.51%
George W. Bush	R	2005–2008	132,453	134,240	133,561	129,734	+1,108	-4,506	+0.21%	-0.84%
Barack Obama	D	2008–2012	133,561	129,734	132,461 (January 2012)	133,500 (through Sept 2012)	-1,152 (January 2012)	+3,766 (through Sept 2012)	-0.28% (January 2012)	+0.97% (through Sept 2012)