10 Poorest Cities in America and how did it happen

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) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit, MI
(1st on the poverty rate list)
hasn’t elected a Republican mayor
since 1961

Buffalo, NY (2nd)
hasn’t elected one 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 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.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up
by pulling the wage payer down.