Recessions under Democratic Presidents: 1980
Recessions under Republican Presidents: 1953, 1958, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2007
10 of the last 11 recessions began under Republican presidents. But hey, don't take our word for it. Let's hear from a guy whose been through all of them:
“I’ve been around for a long time and it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans.” - Donald Trump, 2004