Title Presimetrics : what the facts tell us about how the Presidents measure up on the issues we care about / Mike Kimel and Michael E. Kanell ; information graphics by Nigel Holmes.

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Description	304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-292) and index.
Summary	The authors, Mike Kimel and Michael E. Kanell have gathered and analyzed data on more than a dozen critical national issues including GDP, personal income, health care, jobs, national security, education, and more. Using statistical information from several non-partisan federal agencies, the authors are able to cut through political rhetoric and present the quantifiable facts about how our modern presidents performed on the issues that matter most to Americans.
Contents	Real GDP per capita -- Fiscal responsibility -- Debt : what real GDP per capita leaves out -- Employment -- Income and wealth -- Republican issues -- Interlude : on taxes -- Democratic issues -- Health care -- Crime -- The public mood -- Family values -- Investing in the future -- Appendix 1. Is it Congress? -- Appendix 2. Explaining growth in real GDP per capita -- Appendix 3. The budget of the Executive Office of the President -- Appendix 4. Try this at home -- Appendix 5. Obama.
Subject	Democratic Party (U.S.)
	Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
	Democratic Party (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00532710
	United States -- Economic policy -- Evaluation.
	Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (OCoLC)fst00544975
	United States -- Social policy -- Evaluation.
	United States -- Economic conditions -- Statistics.
	United States -- Social conditions -- Statistics.
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Economic policy -- Evaluation. (OCoLC)fst00902037
	Social conditions (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Social policy -- Evaluation. (OCoLC)fst01122748
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Statistics. (OCoLC)fst01423727
	Nonfiction.
	Statistics.
Added Author	Kanell, Michael E.
	Holmes, Nigel, 1942-
ISBN	9781579128357
	1579128351

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