UNDER WHICH PARTY DO THE RICH FARE BETTER? (table)

This is the first of two tables prepared by Bob McElvaine to accompany the article in the preceding post.  I formatted them here to look right in the "Link to this entry" view, but they may look garbled in the recent-post view.
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UNDER WHICH PARTY DO THE RICH FARE BETTER?

Since 1968 (Nixon through G.W. Bush)

                                                 Republican               Democratic                 Party with
                                                 Administrations      Administrations        better performance
                                          (Nixon, Ford, Reagan      (Carter & Clinton)
                                             Bush & Bush)

Average Annual Gain
in Mean Income of the
Richest 5% of US                                                                                                                         Households (in                                                                                                 Democrats
constant 2002 Dollars)          +$1,706                         +$6,921                       4 times faster increase

Average Annual
Percentage Increase in                                                                                  Democrats
Dow Jones Industrials          +7.1%                          +11.1%                      1.6 times faster increase 

Since 1968 (Nixon through G.W. Bush)

                                                 Republican               Democratic                 Party with
                                                 Administrations      Administrations        better performance
                                          (G.H.W. Bush + G.W.         (Clinton)
                                             Bush)

Average Annual Gain
in Mean Income of the
Richest 5% of US                                                                                             
Households (in                                                                                                 Democrats
constant 2002 Dollars)          -$1,999                      +$10,241               $12,000 per year faster increase

Average Annual
Percentage Increase in                                                                                     Democrats
Dow Jones Industrials          +6.7%                       +16.8%                          2.5 times faster increase