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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (54616)	11/5/2008 7:24:44 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224750

Is this any way to greet a messiah? FACTBOX-U.S. stocks on the day after presidential elections NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street hardly delivered a rousing welcome to President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday, dropping by the largest margin on record for a day following a U.S. presidential contest. The slide more than wiped out the previous day's advance, the largest Election Day rally ever for U.S. stocks. The following table shows the percentage rise or decline in the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI, Standard & Poor's 500 index .SPX and Nasdaq composite index .IXIC on the day after a U.S presidential election and who won the Election Day vote. Year Dow S&P Nasdaq President elect 2008 -5.05 -5.27 -5.53 Barack Obama 2004 +1.01 +1.12 +0.98 George W. Bush 2000 -0.41 -1.58 -5.39 No decision: G.W. Bush v Al Gore* 1996 +1.59 +1.46 +1.34 William Clinton 1992 -0.91 -0.67 +0.16 William Clinton 1988 -0.43 -0.66 -0.29 George H. W. Bush 1984 -0.88 -0.73 -0.32 Ronald Reagan 1980 +1.70 +1.77 +1.49 Ronald Reagan 1976 -0.99 -1.14 -1.12 James Carter 1972 -0.11 -0.55 -0.39 Richard Nixon 1968 +0.34 +0.16 --- Richard Nixon 1964 -0.19 -0.05 --- Lyndon Johnson 1960 +0.77 +0.44 --- John Kennedy 1956 -0.85 -1.03 --- Dwight Eisenhower 1952 +0.40 +0.28 --- Dwight Eisenhower 1948 -3.85 -4.15 --- Harry Truman 1944 -0.27 0.00 --- Franklin Roosevelt 1940 -2.39 -3.14 --- Franklin Roosevelt 1936 +2.26 +1.40 --- Franklin Roosevelt 1932 -4.51 -2.67 --- Franklin Roosevelt 1928 +1.20 +1.77 --- Herbert Hoover 1924 +1.17 --- --- Calvin Coolidge 1920 -0.57 --- --- Warren Harding 1916 -0.35 --- --- Woodrow Wilson 1912 +1.83 --- --- Woodrow Wilson 1908 +2.38 --- --- William Taft 1904 +1.30 --- --- Theodore Roosevelt 1900 +3.33 --- --- William McKinley 1896 +4.54 --- --- William McKinley * George W. Bush ultimately was determined the winner of the 2000 election. Source: Reuters EcoWin