There are lots of articles about how the stock market is affected by elections, but few about how the stock market affects elections. The up market didn't make

There are lots of articles about how the stock market is affected by elections, but few about how the stock market affects elections. The up market didn't make Al Gore win, for example, but maybe if it were down he wouldn't have pulled it so close. Who knows? Maybe people were feeling so high from the market that they wanted the low-taxes guy because they were feeling rich.