Eugine_Nier comments on Any existential risk angles to the US presidential election? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 September 2012 04:09:46PM *  3 points [-]

I don't think the evidence of presidential influence on growth rates is enough to support the contention (in either direction). Yes, famously, the economy grows better under democratic presidents - but that's a very small sample, with no clear causality. But certainly enough to reject the idea that a Romney presidency would be necessarily better for the economy.