What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common? Democrat leadership?

• 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