Sounds like you are trying to justify the results to fit your existing narrative. You immediately assume there is a fault in the data instead of analyzing your

Sounds like you are trying to justify the results to fit your existing narrative. You immediately assume there is a fault in the data instead of analyzing your own baseline assumptions. The idea that Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, etc. have higher murder rates because they are "very liberal" doesn't pass the smell test. Your comment also seems to assume that the states which vote blue somehow don't have locally elected DA's? That doesn't explain why Missouri (with much less urbanization) has a higher murder than Illinois or Michigan (with "out--of-control" cities like Chicago and Detroit.