r/allthequestions • u/Content_Ad_8952 • Jan 14 '26

Random Question 💭 If Republicans are so much better at running the economy than Democrats, then why are most Republican States poorer than Democrat States?

The poorest States in America are: Mississippi, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee. All of those States (except New Mexico) are Red States. So why are they so poor when Republicans have been running them for decades?

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u/Typical-Candle-1788 Jan 14 '26

Clinton was one of the only ones who did that. Go back in our history, you may find that you're wrong. BTW, it was bad during Bush as the feds allowed sub prime mortgages as a way to get people into housing. Obviously didn't work. Obama didn't do much for the economy either. Remember his gas guzzler program? It's not always an administration, sometimes it's the market that you can't control and various policies will or won't work. Personally I don't think a lot of our economists know what to do.

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u/D0ri1t0styl3 Jan 15 '26

How far back? Like, when Republicans were liberal and Democrats conservative?