Republican governors are getting people back to work

UNDATED – Republican governors are trouncing their Democratic counterparts in recovering jobs and restating their state’s economies.

“It is no coincidence that the party of reopening schools and businesses is also the one leading the way for economic recovery. By getting people back to work, Indiana is getting people back to normalcy,”  said Republican National Committee Spokesperson Preya Samsundar.

• New data released last week 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

• Eight of the top 10 states for economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2020 were led by Republican Governors according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• The average growth for red states in the fourth quarter was 5.1 percent, more than a full point higher than the average of 3.7 percent for Democrat-run states.

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(Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 4/16/21)