Republican Governors Are Trouncing Their Democratic Counterparts In Recovering Jobs And Restarting Their Economies
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ARE GETTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK
- New data released today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Republican Governors are leading the way in getting Americans back to work and businesses re-opened.
- Out of the top 20 states for jobs recovered through March, 16 are led by Republican Governors.
- The top 12 states on the list are all led by Republican Governors.
- Two Republican-led states, Idaho and Utah, actually have more jobs now than when the pandemic began.
- 25 Republican-led states have recovered at least half of their jobs lost, and 17 Republican-led states have recovered at least two-thirds of their lost jobs.
(Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/16/21)
RED STATES HAVE LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
- Out of the 20 states with the lowest unemployment rates, 17 are led by Republican Governors.
- The average unemployment rate for the nation’s 27 states with Republican Governors is just 4.6 percent.
- Democrat-led states have an average unemployment nearly two percentage points higher – 6.4 percent.
- The 11 states with the highest unemployment rates are all run by Democrat Governors: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
(Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/16/21)
RED STATE ECONOMIES ARE GROWING FASTER
(Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 4/16/21)
