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no offense, but that feels like a useless statistic. All the large cities in the US are blue, and large cities attract the most crime.
by baby 5y ago
no offense, but that feels like a useless statistic. All the large cities in the US are blue, and large cities attract the most crime.
- oaktrout 5y agoNo offense taken, I myself conceded "this is totally unscientific" and noted that large cities tend to be democratic. The crime statistics are per capita, but again, you would still expect larger cities to have higher crime rates. Edit: Actually, I was surprised to find that the cities with the highest populations didn't necessarily have the highest per capita crime. Compare Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York to Detroit, Baltimore, and Kansas City. The latter are all smaller but have higher per capita crime. Also, to control for size somewhat, I compared cities in the dataset with population between 390K and 500K (6 democratic cities / 6 republican). Again, dividing in half by per capita crime rate, 5 of 6 top crime cities are democratic, and 5 of 6 low crime cities are republican. The ordered list for anyone curious (low to high crime) is: Virginia Beach Mesa Colorado Springs Omaha Sacramento Miami Atlanta Wichita Tulsa Minneapolis Oakland Kansas City