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Available reporting and academic analyses show no simple partisan map of per-capita crime: recent peer‑reviewed research found mayoral party affiliation has “no detectable effect” on crime, and multip...
A narrow but politically significant slice of 2024 voters now say they or are disappointed in their choice: some polls find only a few percent would change their vote, while targeted surveys and ethni...
DOGE has been granted or sought broad access to multiple federal data systems and has helped centralize immigration-related datasets, and officials and watchdogs report that ICE is seeking to use some...
’s 2024 gains came not from a single monolithic swing but from a patchwork of shifts: , younger voters (Gen Z and other youth) shifted right compared with , and Trump made measurable inroads among His...
Demographic shifts that could alter Democrats’ 2026 prospects include the growth of nonwhite voters that historically tilt Democratic (Brookings), a rightward shift among young voters/Gen Z after 2024...
Directly answering the question: available, peer-reviewed and reputable reporting shows there is no simple, causal link that makes “blue” (Democratic-led) cities categorically more crime-ridden than “...
Recent, peer-reviewed and journalistic analyses find little evidence that a mayor’s party alone predicts a city’s violent-crime rate after accounting for population and poverty; a January 2025 multi‑c...