TEN POOREST CITIES
| City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level | |
| 1. Detroit , MI | 32.5% |
| 2. Buffalo , NY | 29.9% |
| 3. Cincinnati , OH | 27.8% |
| 4. Cleveland , OH | 27.0% |
| 5. Miami , FL | 26.9% |
| 5. St. Louis , MO | 26.8% |
| 7. El Paso , TX | 26.4% |
| 8. Milwaukee , WI | 26.2% |
| 9. Philadelphia , PA | 25.1% |
| 10. Newark , NJ | 24.2% |
What do the top ten cities (over 250,000 population) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Detroit, MI (1st) 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.
Einstein once said:
‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’
It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats yet they are still POOR!
“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich”;
“You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong”;
