19 out of the top 25 most dangerous cities voted for Kerry in '04

[Ripsnort]

Interesting stat:

Morgan Quitno Most Dangerous Cities In America 2006

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St Louis MO-------------Voted for Kerry 80%
Detroit, MI--------------Voted for Kerry 69.4%
Flint MI ------------------Voted for Kerry 60%
Compton CA------------Voted for Kerry 63%
Camden NJ --------------Voted for Kerry 62%
Birmingham AL-----------Voted for Bush 54%
Cleveland OH ---------- Voted for Kerry 66%
Oakland CA --------------Voted for Kerry 75%
Youngstown OH-----------Voted for Kerry 62%
Gary IN------------------- Voted for Kerry 61%
Richmond CA-------------- Voted for Kerry 62%
Baltimore MD---------------Voted for Kerry 82%
Memphis TN ----------------Voted for Kerry 57.5%
Trenton NJ ------------------Voted for Kerry 61%
Richmond VA---------------Voted for Bush 61%
Kansas City MO------------- Voted for Kerry 53%
Atlanta GA--------------------Voted for Kerry 58%
Cinncinatti OH---------------- Voted for Bush 52%
Washington DC---------------Voted for Kerry 89%
North Charleston SC-----------Unknown, SC as a whole went for Bush.
Reading PA -------------------Voted for Bush 53% but under review
Newark NJ--------------------Voted for Kerry 70%
Little Rock AK----------------Voted for Kerry 55%
San Bernardino CA-----------Voted for Bush 55% (as if that is possible)
Orlando FL--------------------Voted for Kerry 49.8 (Bush 49.6)

Out of the top 25 most dangerous cities, 19 voted democrat in the last POTUS election. And based on the election results in the last election.

IMO, the conclusion is: Democrats are more popular among those areas of higher crime rate.  

Why?

[Gunslinger]

LOL,

not sure if that makes sense but it's at least funny.

[Sandman]

What's funny is that Bush won the election and you guys are still trying to find ways to beat Kerry.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
results in the last election.

IMO, the conclusion is: Democrats are more popular among those areas of higher crime rate.  

Why?

Misery loves company?

[tikky]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Interesting stat:

Morgan Quitno Most Dangerous Cities In America 2006


Out of the top 25 most dangerous cities, 19 voted democrat in the last POTUS election. And based on the election results in the last election.

IMO, the conclusion is: Democrats are more popular among those areas of higher crime rate.  

Why?

Those people want gun control, to decrease crimes in those areas.

[DYNAMITE]

Originally posted by Ripsnort


Out of the top 25 most dangerous cities, 19 voted democrat in the last POTUS election. And based on the election results in the last election.

IMO, the conclusion is: Democrats are more popular among those areas of higher crime rate.  

Why?

Maybe because the perception is that the Republican party doesn't address issues such as poverty, education, and jobs in a meaningful way for people living in lower socioeconomic locals...

just a thought.

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by DYNAMITE
Maybe because the perception is that the Republican party doesn't address issues such as poverty, education, and jobs in a meaningful way for people living in lower socioeconomic locals...

just a thought.

SHACK!

[Debonair]

baltimore is actually tops in that stat, but rumors say ray lewis wants to be traded, so maybe not for long

[Dago]

Originally posted by tikky
Those people want gun control, to decrease crimes in those areas.

LOL, more likely they want gun control to disarm their victims.

Those cities mentioned as a rule have a large black population.  Not being overly PC, I will state I think they want democrats in power because they know democrats are much more likely to feed their sense of entitlement with expanding welfare programs.  They realize Republicans are more likely to put limits on welfare, and at some point require them to get off thier butts and actually work for a living, so they prefer democrats who will pay them to stay home and loaf.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by DYNAMITE
Maybe because the perception is that the Republican party doesn't address issues such as poverty, education, and jobs in a meaningful way for people living in lower socioeconomic locals...

just a thought.

But if you look at those cities, their local elected leaders and representitives have been predominently democrat for decades...so are you saying they haven't done their jobs? Congress and the Senate were predominently controlled by democrats for nearly 40 years...

[Dago]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
But if you look at those cities, their local elected leaders and representitives have been predominently democrat for decades...so are you saying they haven't done their jobs? Congress and the Senate were predominently controlled by democrats for nearly 40 years...

Oh now, don't try and confuse him with reality and facts, it ruins perfectly good moonbat theory.

[DYNAMITE]

I suppose that's one take Ripsnort...  the other is that the Dems have been addressing those issues - or at least have been trying too (And so has the GOP in its own way).  You're right when you point out that the Dems have controlled the house for 40 out of the last 52 years... so what have they done in that time?  Well there's Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC (now TANF) WIC, Headstart, and the list goes on...  Are these programs perfect ? No, but they do help millions of people every day.  

Now, it the 12 years the GOP ran the show, two pieces of legislation really only come to mind... TANF (mentioned above) and Medicare Part-D... but that's pretty much it.  While TANF was a essentially a home run (i deal with it every day in my job, so believe me i know it's flaws and they are huge too, and center mostly around eligibility) but as a whole it has been the boost that AFDC has needed, and the Jury is still out on Part-D.  They didn't address minimum wage and health care costs are becoming ridiculous...

Could/Should the Dems have done a better job on their watch?  You're damn right!  Could/Should the Republicans have done a better job too? Yep.