Are Democrats Really Better for America’s Economy?
Hillary Clinton claims that the US economy does much better when a Democrat is in the White House. She's right, and the performance gap – for GDP growth, unemployment, budget deficits, and even equity prices – is too large to be attributed to luck.
CAMBRIDGE – Hillary Clinton has repeatedly claimed in recent months that the US economy does much better when a Democrat is in the White House. Coming from the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, that probably sounds like political spin. But the truth is that she is absolutely right.