Almost All of America’s Failed Cities are Democrat Cities

Frontpage ^ | September 3,2020 | John Perazzo

[Hojczyk]

The facts are crystal clear, and they are stunning. For decade upon decade, the Democratic Party has fed mountains of rhetoric to its many reliable voting blocs in scores of U.S. cities, assuring them of its deep and abiding concern for the lives of ordinary Americans.

Yet it has delivered absolutely nothing in terms of measurable improvements to those lives. Instead, the Party has gradually transformed itself into a political wrecking ball whose only tangible achievement in urban America has been to perpetuate obscene levels of poverty, crime, and human misery. It is a shocking record of wretched failure that can be neither ignored nor wished away.

Why on earth would anyone believe that entrusting Democrats with the reins of governmental power on a national level, as opposed to a city level, would lead to a better result?

It is time for serious-minded individuals who may have long supported the Democratic Party for reasons they deemed worthy and honorable, to finally recognize that their party has failed and betrayed them so consistently and so monstrously, that they now have a moral imperative to walk away from it.

[amnestynone]

The question is are they failed because they are run by democrats or are they failed because so many democrats live there. It is kind of like a chicken and egg question.

[rxsid]

The following chart shows the 50 cities that have the highest violent crime rates in the United States and: (a) have a population of 25,000 or more; (b) are governed by mayors who are clearly identifiable as either Democrats or Republicans;[5] and (c) have either a “Mayor-Council” (MC) form of government, a “Council-Manager” (CM) form of government, or a Hybrid (HYB) of the two. Of those 50 cities, 46 are governed by Democratic mayors and administrations; only 4 are governed by Republicans. Moreover, 42 of the top 43 are governed by Democrats.

Rank	Cities with Populations of 25,000+	Population[7]	Type of Govt.	Violent Crimes/ 1,000	Mayor’s Party
1	Detroit, MI	672,829	MC	20.0	Democratic
2	Memphis, TN	652,752	MC	19.5	Democratic
3	Birmingham, AL	209,403	MC	19.3	Democratic
4	Baltimore, MD	614,664	MC	18.5	Democratic
5	Flint, MI	97,379	MC	18.3	Democratic
6	St. Louis, MO	318,416	MC	18.2	Democratic
7	Wilmington, DE	71,455	MC	16.3	Democratic
8	Camden, NJ	74,417	MC	16.2	Democratic
9	Pine Bluff, AR	42,984	MC	16.0	Democratic
10	Kansas City, MO	481,360	CM	15.9	Democratic
11	S. Bernardino, CA	HYB	MC	15.3	Democratic
12	Alexandria, LA	47,334	MC	14.6	Democratic
13	Little Rock, AR	198,546	CM	14.6	Democratic
14	Cleveland, OH	385,810	MC	14.5	Democratic
15	Milwaukee, WI	595,070	MC	14.3	Democratic
16	Stockton, CA	307,057	CM	14.2	Democratic
17	Monroe, LA	49,761	MC	14.1	Democratic
18	Chester, PA	34,133	MC	14.0	Democratic
19	Rockford, IL	147,404	MC	14.0	Democratic
20	Albuquerque, NM	559,270	MC	13.7	Democratic
21	Pontiac, MI	59,792	MC	13.4	Democratic
22	Kalamazoo, MI	75,988	CM	13.3	Democratic
23	Anchorage, AK	298,192	HYB	13.1	Democratic
24	Oakland, CA	419,987	HYB	12.9	Democratic
25	Indianapolis, IN	852,506	MC	12.9	Democratic
26	East Point, GA	35,282	MC	12.8	Democratic
27	Compton, CA	97,537	CM	12.1	Democratic
28	Battle Creek, MI	52,347	CM	12.0	Republican
29	East St. Louis, IL	26,662	CM	12.0	Democratic
30	Canton, OH	71,329	MC	11.9	Democratic[8]
31	Elkhart, IN	52,348	MC	11.9	Democratic
32	Newburgh, NY	28,363	CM	11.9	Democratic
33	Riviera Beach, FL	34,674	MC	11.8	Democratic
34	Wichita, KS	389,938	CM	11.8	Democratic
35	Jackson, MI	32,704	CM	11.8	Democratic
36	New Orleans, LA	391,495	MC	11.8	Democratic
37	Trenton, NJ	84,065	MC	11.8	Democratic
38	Jacksonville, AR	28,235	MC	11.7	Democratic
39	Nashville, TN	688,901	MC	11.5	Democratic
40	Lansing, MI	117,400	MC	11.1	Democratic[9]
41	Daytona B., FL	66,649	MC	11.1	Democratic
42	Albany, GA	74,904	MC	10.9	Democratic
43	Harrisburg, PA	49,192	MC	10.8	Democratic
44	Tulsa, OK	401,190	MC	10.7	Republican
45	Beaumont, TX	116,825	CM	10.7	Republican
46	Hartford, CT	123,287	MC	10.7	Democratic
47	Desert Hot Sp, CA	28,878	MC	10.7	Republican
48	Buffalo, NY	255,284	MC	10.6	Democratic
49	Gadsden, AL	35,000	MC	10.5	Democratic
50	Chattanooga, TN	182,799	MC	10.5	Democratic

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Now let us turn our attention to the political leadership of the large U.S. cities with the highest poverty rates in the nation. These are cities that: (a) have populations of at least 200,000; (b) are governed by mayors who are clearly identifiable as either Democrats or Republicans; and (c) have either a “Mayor-Council” (MC) form of government, a “Council-Manager” (CM) form of government, or a Hybrid (HYB) of the two.[10] Of the 50 cities in this list, 41 have Democratic mayors, and just 9 have Republican mayors.

Rank	City & State	Type of Govt.	Poverty Rate	Mayor’s Party
1	Detroit, MI	MC	36.4%	Democratic
2	Cleveland, OH	MC	34.6%	Democratic
3	Buffalo, NY	MC	30.3%	Democratic
4	San Bernardino, CA	HYB	28.4%	Democratic
5	Newark, NJ	MC	28.0%	Democratic
6	Cincinnati, OH	HYB	27.2%	Democratic
7	Fresno, CA	HYB	26.9%	Republican
8	Memphis, TN	MC	26.8%	Democratic
9	Milwaukee, WI	MC	26.6%	Democratic
10	Toledo, OH	MC	25.6%	Democratic
11	Baton Rouge, LA	MC	25.2%	Democratic
12	Philadelphia, PA	MC	24.9%	Democratic
13	New Orleans, LA	MC	24.6%	Democratic
14	Richmond, VA	MC	24.5%	Democratic
15	Miami, FL	HYB	24.3%	Republican
16	St. Louis, MO	MC	24.2%	Democratic
17	Hialeah, FL	MC	23.7%	Republican
18	Tucson, AZ	CM	23.4%	Democratic
19	Baltimore, MD	MC	21.8%	Democratic
20	Atlanta, GA	MC	21.6%	Democratic
21	Pittsburgh, PA	MC	21.4%	Democratic
22	Houston, TX	MC	20.6%	Democratic
23	Dallas, TX	CM	20.5%	Democratic
24	Stockton, CA	CM	20.5%	Democratic
25	Columbus, OH	MC	20.4%	Democratic
26	Boston, MA	MC	20.2%	Democratic
27	Lubbock, TX	CM	20.2%	Republican
28	El Paso, TX	CM	20.0%	Republican
29	Minneapolis, MN	MC	19.9%	Democratic
30	St. Paul, MN	MC	19.9%	Democratic
31	Norfolk, VA	CM	19.7%	Democratic
32	Tulsa, OK	MC	19.7%	Republican
33	Chicago, IL	MC	19.5%	Democratic
34	Tampa, FL	MC	19.5%	Democratic
35	Phoenix, AZ	CM	19.4%	Democratic
36	Los Angeles, CA	MC	19.1%	Democratic
37	New York, NY	MC	18.9%	Democratic
38	Glendale, AZ	CM	18.6%	Republican
39	San Antonio, TX	CM	18.6%	Democratic
40	Bakersfield, CA	CM	18.5%	Republican
41	Greensboro, NC	CM	18.5%	Democratic
42	Jersey City, NJ	MC	18.3%	Democratic
43	Sacramento, CA	CM	18.3%	Democratic
44	Spokane, WA	MC	18.3%	Republican
45	Orlando, FL	MC	18.2%	Democratic
46	Long Beach, CA	CM	18.1%	Democratic
47	Madison, WI	MC	17.9%	Democratic
48	Santa Ana, CA	CM	17.7%	Democratic
49	Albuquerque, NM	MC	17.6%	Democratic
50	Oakland, CA	HYB	17.6%	Democratic

[rxsid]

And, what is the definition of FAILING when it pertains to a city?

FYI

[caww]

Their cities fail because the officials utilize all taxpayer revenues for themselves and/or/also leverage other Dems for favored status on their pet projects....those projects are always philosophical and or social driven for re-election in in and out of terms one way or another. Parks get built in districts where someone gave a lot....City streets stay bad where the money doesn't flow frm....etc.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“I heard somebody on TV say that Oklahoma City has a higher crime rate than Portland.”

___________

Maybe it’s because OKC actually reports property crimes, while Portland treats them as “free expression.”

[GOPJ]

Soon white liberal 'elites' will grow tired of black thugs and they'll drop BLM just like they dropped 'the homeless' years ago... like they dropped the 'milk carton' kids years before that...

White brats (antifa) of white 'elites' will go home to mommy and daddy in their elite mansions and get good paying jobs... get married and blend in...

And the black community? They'll carry the shame of burning cities for decades and when the rest of us (all other ethnic groups) look down on the black community for the destruction of our cities, white elites will NOT be there to help them.

Elites will dump them soon, just like they dumped the homeless, Hispanics, homeless, women who own beauty shops....the elites will have moved on to the next fashionable group of gullible fools.

[PallMal]

I wonder how many of those cities marked “Republican” were actually dominated by Democrat rule, and the Republican there now is trying to clean up the mess?

[xrmusn]

Elites will dump them soon, just like they dumped the homeless, Hispanics, homeless, women who own beauty shops....the elites will have moved on to the next fashionable group of gullible fools.
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Basically already happened back in the 60s

When the ‘rich White boys’ didn’t want to go to Vietnam they started demonstrating, recruiting ‘young girls’ and Blacks. The campus riots etal were going strong until Kent State and some of the ‘protestors’ figured out that someone could get ‘hurt’ playing this game.
Then the DRAFT got rescinded and MOST of the ‘RWBs’ went home and on with their life, leaving the young girls and Blacks open and exposed and - IMNSHO - now LEO weren’t ‘afraid’ to put down the protestors and rioters. Naturally there were some ‘hard core’ revolutionaries that stayed with the movement.

I liken the situation to the waning days of ‘KKK’ when hard line confrontations were rare because MOST LEO agencies had infiltrated the K and kind of kept the mayhem down...

[TheZMan]

Spot on.

[guitar Josh]

They’re represented by Kendra Horn, a democrat.

[Svartalfiar]

Now let us turn our attention to the political leadership of the large U.S. cities with the highest poverty rates in the nation.
...
Of the 50 cities in this list, 41 have Democratic mayors, and just 9 have Republican mayors.

This list is a little inaccurate. While Fresno, CA is the first "Republican" city in the list, I looked up the city councilmembers. They are officially nonpartisan elections, but looking at past other races, affiliations, or such, I can pretty definitively say that 5/7 of Fresno city council are Democrats. Of the other two, Bredefeld sounds like he would be Pubbie, and Esparza sounds like a Dem.

So, one of your high-poverty cities that's supposedly Republican, is actually 6/8 Democrat once you add in the seven members of the city council!

[Svartalfiar]

I wonder how many of those cities marked “Republican” were actually dominated by Democrat rule, and the Republican there now is trying to clean up the mess?

I actually looked up Fresno since it was the first Pubbie city on the poverty list. Lo and behold, if you add in the seven city councilmen, the "Repub" city turns into 6/8 Democrat!

[Persevero]

What republican run cities are having riots?

[Persevero]

Yes, the crime rate in San Francisco is “low,” too, because no one reports property crimes hardly. There is no point. Thefts under 950 are a misdemeanor. Etc.

That said our violent crime rate is pretty low I think. Grateful for that.

[Persevero]

I believe Fresno is JimRob’s City!

[Amish with an attitude]

The challenge will be preventing them from fleeing the cities they have destroyed and infecting the sane parts of the country.

[Left2Right]

It’s not what they want, it’s what they have been conditioned to accept and believe.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

But according to unidentified sources as reported by the baby sitter of an anonymous hooker’s son, President Trump said something bad about WWI Veterans. Shouldn’t we be looking into that instead of wasting time trying to fix these cities?

[Liz]

THIS NEEDS TO GO VIRAL

A PEEK AT WHAT A BIDEN DEMOCRAP ADMINISTRATION WOULD BRING TO AMERICA
Stupid Biden staffers (using a non-profit w/ our tax dollars?) bailed-out a convicted Criminal.
The freed criminal then Violently Assaulted a Man, Leaving Him with Traumatic Brain Injury and a Fractured Skull.

[wardaddy]

I love how freepers always just blame democrats and fear to name demographics

Am I the only freeper whose lived a life mostly immersed in black and other minority populace

Are folks here so scared

You take my county of Williamson in suburban TN and let it be run by democrats , it might suck more with politically correct nonsense but it would function

Democrats hurt these days no question

But that’s not the issue....sorry