...examples of Rightwing failure...?
...recent collapse of the financial industry after decades of systemic deregulation and hands-off free market competition.
Not Analgous, nor do I Take your Assertion as Accurate... That's for another Thread.
We are Discussing Political Control over Regions... Like Detroit.
peace...
You're challange is fallacious because correlation doesn't necessarily equal causation. Are economically depressed cities in bad shape because of Democratic control or do economically depessed areas tend to vote Democratic and populist? Statistically - urban areas tend towards the Democratic party.
Among the most economically depressed cities controlled by Democrats:
St. Louis, MO, New Orleans, Detroit, Flint, MI, Cleveland, Philadelphia. However linking it to Democratic control is tenuous since Detroit and Flint were both heavily influenced by the auto industry troubles.
Yet, in a recent survey of the ten best large cities in the U.S. we have:
San Diego (both)
Austin, TX (D), Raleigh, NC (D), Omaha, NE (D)
Mesa, AZ (R), Colorado Springs, CO (R), Virginia Beach, VA (R)
In addition, a look at the states provides a different picture - a ranking of states with the largest number of citizens living below the poverty level gives us:
# 1 Mississippi: 21.6%
# 2 Louisiana: 19.4%
# 3 New Mexico: 19.3%
# 4 District of Columbia: 18.9%
= 5 Arkansas: 17.9%
= 5 West Virginia: 17.9%
# 7 Kentucky: 17.4%
# 8 Texas: 16.6%
# 9 Alabama: 16.1%
# 10 South Carolina: 15.7%
Source:
Percent below poverty level (most recent) by state
How many Democrats and how many Republicans?
A look at unemployment by state presents gives us a similar picture:
Unemployment rates - Unemployment rates by state from CNNMoney
So do you really think party control has much to do with it or maybe a more complex mix of regional politics, geography, and economic conditions unrelated to politics?
Chaos
