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That's not true either.The stated hypothesis is that blue government equals less violent crime. .
The stated hypothsis was that these issues are more impactful at a state level than with cities. DC is a city, not a state.
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It's not the mayors. It's the laws and culture in each state. Mayors really have little control over many things that affect crime rates. As mentioned earlier 8 of the 10 states with highest crime rates are red, and two of the 10 states with lowest crime rates are red (Utah and Wyoming).
California, which has a rather high crime rate, is #17 for crime. Highest blue state. Illinois is #19. Maryland is #24. Michigan is #11. Ohio is #33.
There is a pretty good correlation between the crime rate in a city and the color of the state in which it's located.
As someone mentioned, there is the fact that the southeastern US is mostly red. And correlation doesn't prove causation. But the same laws and culture that keep a large portion of the population poor and uneducated would seem to also account for higher crime rates in those states.
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