What Do The 10 Poorest Cities In The United States Have In Common?

The Ten Poorest U.S. 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%

6. 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) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit, MI (1st on the 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.

Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'

(The preceding was emailed to me by my friend Jim Vanne earlier today.)

9 Famous Quotes From Democrats

#1 "It depends what your definition of 'is' is.'' - Bill Clinton

#2 "Those rumors are false ... I believe in the sanctity of marriage." - John Edwards

#3 "I invented the Internet." - Al Gore

#4 "The next person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their butt." - Joe Biden

#5 "America is no longer, uh, what it, uh, could be, uh, what it was once was - uh, and I say to myself, uh, I don't want that future, uh, for my children." - Barack Obama

#6 "I have campaigned in all 57 states." - Barack Obama (Quoted 2008)

#7 "You don't need God anymore, you have us Democrats." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted 2006)

#8 "Bill is the greatest husband and father I know; no one is more faithful, true, and honest than he." - Hillary Clinton (Quoted 1998)

#9 "We just have to pass the Healthcare Bill to see what's in it." - Nancy Pelosi (Quoted March, 2010)