New Data Confirms Republican-Led States Continue To See More Jobs And Lower Unemployment
REPUBLICAN-LED STATES ARE BRINGING BACK JOBS FASTER
- Newly released data from the Labor Department confirms that Republican governors and legislatures are leading the way in getting Americans back to work.
- More jobs are being recovered and unemployment is lower in red states.
- Through March, nine of the top 10 states for jobs recovered since the coronavirus pandemic began are led by Republican governors, and all 10 states have Republican-controlled legislatures.
- The top four states for jobs recovered are all led by Republicans.
- 11 of the 13 states that have more jobs than when the pandemic hit are Republican-led: Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, South Dakota, Indiana and Tennessee.
- All Republican-led states have recovered at least two-thirds of their lost jobs.
- Republican-led states on average have recovered over 98 percent of their lost jobs compared to just 86 percent for Democrat-run states.
(Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/15/22)
RED STATES HAVE LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
- Out of the top 25 states with the lowest unemployment rates, 20 are led by Republican governors and 21 have Republican-controlled legislatures.
- 12 of the 15 states with the lowest unemployment rates are led by Republicans.
- The average unemployment rate for the nation’s 28 states with Republican governors is just 3.2 percent.
- Democrat-led states have an average unemployment rate nearly a percentage point higher – 4.1 percent.
- Two-thirds of the states with unemployment rates lower than when the pandemic began are led by Republican governors, and 89 percent have Republican-controlled legislatures.
- 17 states hit new record low unemployment rates, 13 of which have Republican governors and 16 have Republican-controlled legislatures.
(Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 4/15/22)
ON COVID, RED STATES LEAD
- A new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research found Republican-led states outperformed Democrat-run states on health, educational, and economic outcomes of their pandemic response.
- 17 of the top 20 states with the best COVID response scores are led by Republican governors.
- Nine of the top 10 states for COVID outcomes are led by Republicans, and nine of the bottom 10 states and districts are led by Democrats.
- 19 of the top 20 states for getting their kids back in school are led by Republicans while 18 of the bottom 20 states and districts are led by Democrats.
AMERICANS ARE BEING SQUEEZED BY BIDENFLATION
- March’s Consumer Price Index surged by 8.5 percent compared to last year – exceeding economists’ expectations and reaching a new 40-year high.
- Under Biden, 34 states have hit new record high gas prices, and in 20 states, Americans are paying average prices above $4 per gallon.
- 83 percent of Americans report being either a great deal or a fair amount worried about inflation, with mentions of inflation as the nation’s most important problem at their highest level since 1985.
- Food banks have begun to see an uptick in demand as Americans across the country have now turned to them in order to feed their families.
- In California, one mother of three has been forced to rely on food banks saying, “it’s been a hardship.”
- In North Carolina, a mother who resorted to a local food pantry to feed her children said, “it’s devastating. Right now times [are] so hard to feed my kids.”
- In Michigan, lines have “only gotten longer” at food pantries due to rising food costs.
