One interesting metric is the measure of debt as a percentage of GDP.
Going back to the 1970's, debt/GDP ratios year to year increase every year a Republican is in office, whereas that ratio has gone down whenever a Democrat is in office -- with the exception of Obama. The raw data is available on the CBO website. You'd probably have to graph it yourself. I did it in Excel.
Going back to the 1970's, debt/GDP ratios year to year increase every year a Republican is in office, whereas that ratio has gone down whenever a Democrat is in office -- with the exception of Obama. The raw data is available on the CBO website. You'd probably have to graph it yourself. I did it in Excel.