By contrast, lucky (Democrat) Bill Clinton happily rode the great bull market of the 1990s, essentially reaping the rewards of the reforms made by Ronald Reagan a decade earlier.
Ultimately, this is the challenge in trying to time the market based on election results: Who can say whether the bull market that started in the 1990s was due to Bill Clinton's Democratic policies, Congress being under Republican control, economic factors outside of political influence, or--more likely--a combination of all of these factors (and many more)?