E-mails my dad sends: "10 Poorest Cities in America" or "They all vote Democrat!"

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%

U.S. Census Bureau, 
2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

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)..since 1984

Cleveland, OH - (4th)..since 1989

Miami, FL - (5th)has never had a Republican mayor

St. Louis, MO - (6th)..since 1949

El Paso, TX - (7th)has never had a Republican mayor

Milwaukee , WI - (8th)..since 1908

Philadelphia, PA - (9th)..since 1952

Newark, NJ - (10th)...

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.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

You cannot lift the wage earner up

by pulling the wage payer down.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man

by inciting class hatred.

You cannot build character and courage

by taking away people's initiative and independence.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them,

what they could and should do for themselves."

Abraham Lincoln