I sent this out as an e-mail to a bunch of people I know. Wanted to hear some comments on it (not a bunch of partisan bickering bull****, I was very unbiased and curious when I compiled it, but happy with the results nonetheless):
I was curious so I took some figures and did some spreadsheet tinkering last night. My question was a simple one: which party has created the most jobs in the past few decades (the figures were from 1961 – 2002). The results weren’t really surprising. The figures are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov). These figures reflect estimates of total non-farm payroll (a standard indicator of job growth or loss, farm payroll is highly seasonal and too difficult to track). If we take the figures and add up all the net gains / losses (there was only one President who has had a net loss so far, I’ll get to that in a minute) we get the following:
Republican Party Presidents: 20,337 jobs (in thousands)
Democratic Party Presidents: 43,656 jobs (in thousands)
So from 1961 to 2002 the Democratic presidents have added twice as many non-farm payroll jobs to this country. Here are the president’s arranged in order of total job creation (highest to lowest, all job figures again in the thousands):
Bill Clinton (D) – 20,941
Ronald Reagan (R) – 14,056
Lyndon Johnson (D) – 12,121
Jimmy Carter (D) – 7,935
Richard Nixon (R) - 5,906
John Kennedy (D) – 2659
Gerald Ford (R) - 1113
George Bush, Sr. (R) - 712
George Bush, Jr. (R) - (1,450) <- He is the only one. I hope he turns it around; preliminary 2003 does not look so hot.
Average Gain for a Republican President: 4,067 (5 Republican Presidents, served a total of 21 years)
Average Gain for a Democratic President: 10,914 (4 Democratic Presidents, served a total of 21 years) <- Why I chose 1961 to 2002
Each of those jobs created is one you might occupy, or need if you lose the one you have now. Something to consider in 2004.
I was curious so I took some figures and did some spreadsheet tinkering last night. My question was a simple one: which party has created the most jobs in the past few decades (the figures were from 1961 – 2002). The results weren’t really surprising. The figures are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov). These figures reflect estimates of total non-farm payroll (a standard indicator of job growth or loss, farm payroll is highly seasonal and too difficult to track). If we take the figures and add up all the net gains / losses (there was only one President who has had a net loss so far, I’ll get to that in a minute) we get the following:
Republican Party Presidents: 20,337 jobs (in thousands)
Democratic Party Presidents: 43,656 jobs (in thousands)
So from 1961 to 2002 the Democratic presidents have added twice as many non-farm payroll jobs to this country. Here are the president’s arranged in order of total job creation (highest to lowest, all job figures again in the thousands):
Bill Clinton (D) – 20,941
Ronald Reagan (R) – 14,056
Lyndon Johnson (D) – 12,121
Jimmy Carter (D) – 7,935
Richard Nixon (R) - 5,906
John Kennedy (D) – 2659
Gerald Ford (R) - 1113
George Bush, Sr. (R) - 712
George Bush, Jr. (R) - (1,450) <- He is the only one. I hope he turns it around; preliminary 2003 does not look so hot.
Average Gain for a Republican President: 4,067 (5 Republican Presidents, served a total of 21 years)
Average Gain for a Democratic President: 10,914 (4 Democratic Presidents, served a total of 21 years) <- Why I chose 1961 to 2002
Each of those jobs created is one you might occupy, or need if you lose the one you have now. Something to consider in 2004.
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