thanks its a better idea of election and economy
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Elections affect who is in power in a democratically-elected country. Who is in power affects the economy in two ways: it determines the laws that shape and drive our markets, and the taxes and credits that slow or build new businesses.
To give a few examples:
In the US, new laws can make products that were once freely available restricted purchases or even illegal--think prescription medicines, guns, marijuana, coca leaf extract (they named it Coca Cola for a reason, check out “Original Coca-Cola had a very small amount of cocaine” ), alcohol... there's a long list. When items change from freely available to restricted, that can create an underground market and make the prices go up.
As for taxes and credits--and I could say a lot about our energy sector and tax credits but have talked about that rather a lot--consider the humble tomato. Taxonomically it is a fruit. Most of the world calls it a fruit. Here in the US most people consider it a vegetable, because Congress enacted a law over a century ago regarding tomatoes as vegetables for their status as imports for tariff purposes. The Supreme Court upheld this even though they acknowledged that tomatoes were fruits: When The Supreme Court Decided Tomatoes Were Vegetables
There are many more items to pick from and I am sure there are books on the subject, but I hope I have given some idea how elections affect the economy.