THE AVERAGE ANNUAL REAL GDP GROWTH RATE BY PRESIDENT

The following is taken from the Hudson Institute.

The financial crisis of 2007/8 seriously affected Obama's rate because he had to deal with the aftermath, while that crisis affected W's rate in only a minor way because that crisis occured right at the end of his presidency.

But note that the top three average annual real GDP growth rates were 1. Johnson, 2. Kennedy, 3. Clinton.

In other words, democrats!

If Johnson's rate was due to the Vietnam war then we could expect to see that reflected in the rate of Nixon. But we don't. Nixon is one of Dodgy Roger Stone's heroes.

But still, on GDP, jobs and debt, Bill Clinton did pretty darn good.