- The president's party is not only punished for bad local economic performance at the presidential and congressional level, but also in gubernatorial and state legislative elections. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/accountability-for-the-local-economy-at-all-levels-of-government-in-united-states-elections/6b61fd69cf47f0da6e55341a5ff12454 11 comments science