Does democratic government=poverty?

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Registered: 08-02-2008
Does democratic government=poverty?
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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:11pm

For what it's worth....

www.abcnews.go.com/politics/matchomatic/fullpage?id=5542139

What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican
mayor since 1961;

Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1954;

Cincinnati, OH (3rd) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since
1984;

Cleveland, OH (4th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1989;

Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;

St. Louis, MO (6th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1949;

El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;

Milwaukee, WI (8th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since
1908;

Philadelphia, PA (9th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1952;

Newark, NJ (10th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1907.

Pittsburgh, PA (11) ... No Republican held ANY office in Pittsburgh for 65
years until two were elected in 1995.

Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting different results.'

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Edited 9/25/2008 6:11 pm ET by nikkiwantsmore
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Registered: 08-31-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:36pm
It seemed unplausible and apparently it was.

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Registered: 09-15-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:54pm
thanks for doing all of the leg work on that one! well done
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Registered: 08-02-2008
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:01pm

Yeah, thanks for the legwork--I just sat down to do it, because I'm not taking anyone's word for anything anymore.

If only it were this simple, right?

Good job!

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:11pm
I do know that the city of Pittsburgh is still under state receivership as it has a HUGE debt.....and yes it has not had a Republican mayor in over 50 years.....and has very few Republicans politicians at all!
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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 7:58pm

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Registered: 08-17-2005
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:11pm

I can definitely vouch that Detroit is all Democrat, all the way.

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Thu, 09-25-2008 - 9:56pm

Correlation is not the same thing as causality.

Even if every poor city had a Democratic mayor and every rich city had a Republican mayor, it wouldn't mean a thing. It's a multi-variable problem.

There are many reasons that such an alignment could occur, one of them being that inhabitants of a poor city might be more likely to conclude from the remarks made to them by "conservatives", that they lack character, intelligence, and drive, that the Republican party had little to offer. Conversely, an enclave of people who are doing well financially might view poor people as a potential drain on their economy, and might be more likely to elect Republicans who (in their view) would safeguard their assets.