Would the cities be less dangerous if they elected Republicans?
Uhhh, YES! NEXT QUESTION!
There are stats that NYC was safer under Guilani.
“Would the cities be less dangerous if they elected Republicans?”
It took Giuliani a couple of years to turn around NY. But he did it. So, yes.
He actually started by taking on the graffiti “artists” and fare jumpers. On the broken window theory, you take care of the broken windows first. Look for a massive turnaround under the new Communist regime.
Given enough time, probably yes. A series of conservative, business-friendly, and low-tax GOP mayors could bring middle class businesses and factories back to a city.
And that would generate job growth. When a person has a good job, he gains a sense of self-discipline and pride.
Of course all that could be easily defeated by high federal taxes and strangling federal regulations. So I'm not optimistic in any case.
Those city demographics apparently make that an impossibility.
Well, Gulianni did a good job on the NYC filth.
If a city had conservative Republican leadership/administration, and equally conservative cops and judges...hell yes.