Junior;
Just read the simple chart above..it represents "control" of our federal govt, when most power of the three branches were held by one side or the other..Democrat control=blue, Republican control=red, split= purple.
You can see when the reps had control the debt either held stable or even decreased..split usually a slight rise, when the Dems took over the debt really took off. This is especially pronounced with the Dem congress of 2006, on through the Obama spending spree starting in 2008.
Neither the Reps are certainly not worth spit, the Dems have been a real disaster...