There are no clear trends linking the U.S. political environment to returns of the S&P 500 index. The average return in Republican-elected years was **** percent, compared to *** percent in Democratic-elected years. While it might seem Republicans benefit markets, removing the 2008 outlier shows no difference in average returns between parties.
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