U.S. economic performance under Democratic and Republican presidents
Journalist Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post summarized the total job creation by US President. For the 13 US Presidents starting from Harry Truman, total job creation was about 70.5 million for the 7 Democratic US Presidents and 29.1 million for the 6 Republican US Presidents. The Democratic US Presidents were in office for a total of 429 months, with 164,000 jobs per month added on average, while the Republican US Presidents were in office for 475 months, with a 61,000 jobs added per month average.  This monthly average rate was 2.4 times faster under Democratic US Presidents.