在16个战后总统任期的256个季度中，美国经济在民主党总统执政期间平均遭遇1.1个季度的衰退，而在共和党执政期间遭遇4.6个季度的衰退。
Over the 256 quarters in the 16 post-war presidential terms, the US economy was in recession for an average of 1.1 quarters during Democratic presidencies and 4.6 quarters during the Republican terms.