Recession expected in the 1st half of 2023
The Republicans are not responsible for government policies that result in the GDP contraction.
A recession is forecasted for the first half of 2023, and it has nothing to do with Republicans winning in November. The Democrats have been in control of the House, Senate, and the White House. This is expected to be a recession where unemployment ticks up. Fed tightening is why, and it is their attempt to deflate asset bubbles created by excessive government spending and the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy—massive liquidity.
The NBER defines a recession as a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.
The negative two quarters in the first half of 2022 is typically how a recession is measured but it may not be confirmed as an official recession because of the strong employment growth and positive consumer expenditures. And there will be some revisions of GDP growth along the way.