All the racist stuff and culture war BS is a distraction. Economists studied the data and found republicans are bad for the economy, which is what everyone who’s lives through their policies would tell you. They help out their wealthy donors, which is why they get the “good for economy” label but that’s a lie and myth.
Many analyses look at which party is best for the economy. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Democratic presidents since World War II have performed much better than Republicans. On average, Democratic presidents grew the economy by 4.4% each year versus 2.5% for Republicans.
Republicans are just bad at running the country on so many levels.
Media outlets do what their owners want them to do. Policy that is good for wealthy business owners is not the same as policy that is good for businesses. A good example is the Republican approach to tariffs: a few business owners that the government picks as winners will profit massively from the increased business, but the average American has to pay more to buy everything.