Dear John,
Please join us this Wednesday at 2 pm ET for the latest showing of NDN’s new, cutting edge presentation/deck, “With Democrats Things Get Better.”
This new data filled deck has received high praise in recent weeks. CNN Commentator Maria Cardona quotes it extensively in a new analysis piece she’s published, and just last week the Daily Beast’s Mike Tomasky showered this new work with praise. Tomasky wrote:
“Simon Rosenberg heads NDN, a liberal think tank and advocacy organization. He has spent years advising Democrats, presidents included, on how to talk about economic matters. Not long ago, he put together a little PowerPoint deck. It is fascinating. You need to know about it. The entire country needs to know about it".
The presentation compares how the economy has performed by various measures under Democratic and Republican administrations, going back to 1989. That means that it fairly compares 16 years of Democratic presidencies (Clinton and Obama) to 16 (almost) years of Republican presidencies (Bush, Bush, and Trump). It uses official government numbers, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and so forth. There’s no cooking of any numbers. It’s just the facts.
And the facts are that it’s not even close. The economy does better—far better—when we have Democratic presidents. In terms of job creation, median income, health care, and yep, even the stock market, the economy does better—the American people do better—under Democratic presidents. By a mile.
“We’ve been making a version of this ‘Dems good, Reps not-so-much’ argument for a few years now, but decided to really lean into this year because the magnitude of Trump’s failures has just made the contrast that much more stark, and even more essential for Democrats to establish,” Rosenberg told me. Amen to that.”
Tomasky goes on to review some of the key slides and arguments from the deck, adding his own insights and observations. Do read it all – it is a terrific and smart piece, and register for one of our future showings. Our next three will take place this Wednesday, June 24th, but we also have showings scheduled for July 8th, and July 22nd.
We are proud of this deck and the body of work which has informed it and are working hard to bring it all to as many people we can in the months ahead. Please join us and invite others – all are welcome.
Sincerely,
Simon