Since Election
2 Aug 2026 is 636 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 636 days is 54.66% for the 1996 Clinton administration on 1998-07-31.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 636 days is -38.68% for the 2000 Bush administration on 2002-08-02.
The least amount of percent change in the first 636 days is 0.81% for the 1956 Eisenhower administration on 1958-08-01.
The most amount of percent change in the first 636 days is 96.39% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration. For this administration, the stock market went from 6.92 since election to a low of 5.53 on 1933-02-27 (-20.09%) to a high of 12.20 on 1933-07-18 (76.30%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 636 days is 12.96%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 636 days is 3.60%.
* Stock market results are measured using the daily closing price of the Standard and Poor's 500 index.
| President | Year | Start | Stop | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover | 1928 | 22.24 | 1928-11-07 | 21.52 | 1930-08-04 | -3.24% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 8.71 | 1934-08-06 | 25.87% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 12.25 | 1938-08-01 | -29.72% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 8.57 | 1942-08-03 | -20.57% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 17.91 | 1946-08-05 | 38.41% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 17.84 | 1950-07-31 | 11.99% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 30.99 | 1954-08-02 | 25.62% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 47.94 | 1958-08-04 | 1.76% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 57.75 | 1962-08-06 | 4.34% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 82.31 | 1966-08-01 | -3.32% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 77.02 | 1970-08-03 | -25.42% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 79.29 | 1974-08-05 | -30.05% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 100.68 | 1978-07-31 | -1.22% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 108.98 | 1982-08-02 | -17.02% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 235.99 | 1986-08-04 | 39.50% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 334.43 | 1990-08-06 | 22.35% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 461.01 | 1994-08-01 | 10.52% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 1,112.44 | 1998-08-03 | 53.53% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 834.60 | 2002-08-05 | -40.78% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,276.66 | 2006-07-31 | 11.67% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 1,125.86 | 2010-08-02 | 18.17% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,938.99 | 2014-08-04 | 39.04% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,850.40 | 2018-08-06 | 31.76% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 4,118.63 | 2022-08-01 | 19.61% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 7,489.72 | 2026-07-31 | 26.32% |