Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits as a Percentage of GDP
Table 1: Deficit (on budget)
Year	+/-$	% GDP	Administration	Year	+/-$	% GDP	Administration
				1975	-54.1	-3.5	\  Ford (R)
				1976	-69.4	-4	/
				Total	-123.5	-3.75
				1977	-49.9	-2.5	\
				1978	-55.4	-2.5	| Carter (D)
				1979	-39.6	-1.6	|
				1980	-73.1	-2.7	/
				Total	-218	-2.33
				1981	-73.9	-2.4	\
				1982	-120.6	-3.7	|
				1983	-207.7	-6	|
				1984	-185.3	-4.8	|  Reagan (R)
				1985	-221.5	-5.3	|
				1986	-237.9	-5.4	|
				1987	-168.4	-3.6	|
				1988	-192.3	-3.8	/
				Total	-1407.6	-4.38
				1989	-205.4	-3.8	\
1962	-5.9	-1	\	1990	-277.6	-4.8	|  Bush (R)
1963	-4	-0.7	| Kennedy (D)	1991	-321.4	-5.4	|
1964	-6.5	-1	/	1992	-340.4	-5.5	/
Total	-16.4	-0.90		Total	-1144.8	-4.88
1965	-1.6	-0.2	\	1993	-300.4	-4.6	\
1966	-3.1	-0.4	|  Johnson (D)	1994	-258.8	-3.7	|
1967	-12.6	-1.6	|	1995	-226.4	-3.1	|
1968	-27.7	-3.2	/	1996	-174	-2.3	|  Clinton (D)
Total	-45	-1.35		1997	-103.2	-1.3	|
1969	-0.5	-0.1	\	1998	-29.9	-0.3	|
1970	-8.7	-0.9	|	1999	1.9		|
1971	-26.1	-2.4	|  Nixon (R)	2000	86.4	0.9	/
1972	-26.1	-2.2	|	Total	-1004.4	-2.06
1973	-15.2	-1.2	|	2001	-32.4	-0.3	\
1974	-7.2	-0.5	/	2002	-317.4	-3.1	|    Bush II (R)
Total	-83.8	-1.22		2003	-538.4	-5	|
				2004	-568	-4.9	|
				2005	-493.6	-4	|
				2006	-434.5	-3.3	|
				2007	-343.4	-2.5	/
				Total	-2727.7	-3.30
Democrats	-1283.8	-1.76667		Republicans	-5487.4	-3.423
*estimate; includes reductions in Social Security Trust Funds
Source:
Source: 1962-2007: Congressional Budget Office: http://www.cbo.gov/budget/historical.pdf
Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits as a Percentage of GDP
Year	+/-$	% GDP	Administration	Year	+/-$	% GDP	Administration
1946	-20.6	-9.7	\	1975	-53.2	-3.4	\  Ford (R)
1947	0.7	0.3	|	1976	-73.7	-4.2	/
1948	8.4	3.2	|	Total	-126.9	-3.80
1949	-1.8	-0.7	| Truman (D)	1977	-53.7	-2.7	\
1950	-3.1	-1.1	|	1978	-59.2	-2.7	| Carter (D)
1951	3.5	1.1	|	1979	-40.7	-1.6	|
1952	-4	-1.2	/	1980	-73.8	-2.7	/
Total	-16.9	-1.16		Total	-227.4	-2.43
1953	-9.4	-2.6	\	1981	-79	-2.6	\
1954	-3.1	-0.9	|	1982	-128	-4	|
1955	-4.1	-1	|	1983	-207	6	|
1956	1.6	0.4	| Eisenhower (R)	1984	-185.4	-4.8	|  Reagan (R)
1957	1.5	0.3	|	1985	-212.3	-5.1	|
1958	-2.8	-0.6	|	1986	-221.2	-5	|
1959	-12.4	-2.2	|	1987	-149.7	-3.2	|
1960	1.2	0.2	/	1988	-155.2	-3.1	/
Total	-27.5	-0.80		Total	-1337.8	-2.73
1961	-3.8	-0.7	\	1989	-152.6	-2.8	\
1962	-7.1	-1.3	|  Kennedy (D)	1990	-221	-3.9	|  Bush (R)
1963	-4.8	-0.8	|	1991	-269.2	-4.5	|
1964	-5.9	-0.9	/	1992	-290.3	-4.7	/
Total	-21.6	-0.93		Total	h	-3.98
1965	-1.4	-0.2	\	1993	-255.1	-3.9	\
1966	-3.7	-0.5	|  Johnson (D)	1994	-203.2	-2.9	|
1967	-8.6	-1.1	|	1995	-164	-2.2	|
1968	-25.2	-2.9	/	1996	-107.4	-1.4	|  Clinton (D)
Total	-38.9	-1.18		1997	-21.9	-0.3	|
1969	3.2	0.3	\	1998	69.3	0.8	|
1970	-2.8	-0.3	|	1999	125.6	1.4	|
1971	-23	-2.1	|  Nixon (R)	2000	236.4	2.4	/
1972	-23.4	-2	|	Total	-320.3	-0.76
1973	-14.9	-1.1	|	2001	128.2	1.3	\
1974	-6.1	-0.4	/	2002	-157.8	-1.5	|    Bush II (R)
Total	-67	-0.93		2003	-377.6	-3.5	|
				2004	-412.7	-3.6	|
				2005	-318.3	-2.6	|
				2006	-248.2	-1.9	|
				2007	-162	-1.2	/
				Total	-1548.4	-1.86
Democrats	-625.1	-1.1963		Republicans	4040.7	2.0085
*estimate
Source:
1945-1954: Statistical Abstract of the United States [SA] 1954, t. 406
1955-1958: SA 1960, t. 470
1959-1961: SA 1965, t. 526
1964-2007: CBO Historical Budget Data:				http://www.cbo.gov/budget/data/historical.pdf