The problem is, and this is part of my theory of the case, is that prior Republicans and Magats know the problems created in one Admin often do not really show until the next admin.
And the public only reacts to how the feel in the moment.
I'm convinced that right governments, going back to Reagan know this which is why they always max debt the country even when they inherit strong economies because they do not want a Dem one to inherit one that then soars.
They want them digging out of a hole so people remember that feeling and think wrongly it is the right who better manage the economy when that is demonstrably untrue