MSNBC Chuck Todd interviewed Princeton economist Alan S. Binder on his show the Daily Rundown a few weeks ago. They discussed a striking paper that he co-wrote with Princeton Economics, Professor Mark W. Watson. The title of the paper is “Presidents and the Economy: A Forensic Investigation.”
The paper is a very well-researched paper that analyzed the performance of the country’s economy under different presidents. The paper came to a striking conclusion. The economy does substantially better under Democratic presidents than Republican presidents. This occurs irrespective of who controls Congress.