Thread: S&P vs Democrat/Republican President

From 1980 to present do you think it makes much of a difference to the market? ignore the moving avg lines. The red trend line is republican and blue trend line is democrat. Republicans have the edge on number of years 20 vs 16 for democrats. Republicans own the most downturns but overall I think it's a tie. I don't think it matters which party holds the white house. What do you think?

I don't presume it makes much of a difference to the market. Perhaps it is a combination of President/Congressional control.

But if I may talk about the Presidential election coming up...

Doesn't look like the Republicans will get the Presidency. I mean is Trump really a Republican? I find this election entirely intriguing, because it seems like the voters found a way to break the two-party system apart. By getting a 3rd party candidate (Trump, Sanders) into the primary races. Much smarter than trying to push a 3rd party during the general election, when you'd just be throwing your vote away if you don't vote either Democrat or Republican.