Faun
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It's not just the last 30 years. It's a trend seen in the entire history of the BLS keeping track of these stats with the one exception of Reagan. Reagan is the only Republican president to leave office with an employment rate lower than when he started. On the flip side, there hasn't been a Democrat to leave office with an unemployment rate higher than when they started.This isn't a new pattern that unemployment gets worse under Republicans and better under Democrats. Here is the last 30 years for each party:
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Change in unemployment rate by party of president