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The Manhattan Institute

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Nov 19, 2025
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WHICH HAS MORE CRIME REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRADICY RUN CITIES

Academic reviews of hundreds of U.S. cities find little evidence that a mayor’s party—Democrat or Republican—consistently causes higher crime; a study of 400 cities over nearly 30 years concluded mayo...

Dec 4, 2025
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How much monetary support do immigrants actually receive in the USA?

Federal rules and recent legislation sharply restrict most noncitizen access to longstanding federal benefits; refugees and certain humanitarian arrivals can get short-term cash assistance (often up t...

Nov 27, 2025
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How do the UK NHS (established 1948) and Medicare for All proposals differ in coverage and funding?

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS), founded in 1948, is a publicly funded, universal care system that covers a broad range of hospital and physician services with little or no point‑of‑service cha...

Jan 30, 2026

How do crime rates differ between red and blue states in the US?

The simple claim that “” or “blue cities have worse crime” cannot be sustained without qualification: homicide and broader violent-crime patterns change depending on whether researchers compare states...

Jan 15, 2026

How do crime statistics compare between Republican and Democratic voters?

Crime statistics do not deliver a simple “red worse than blue” or “blue worse than red” verdict; results flip depending on the unit of analysis, the crimes examined, and what controls researchers incl...

Nov 15, 2025

Which Democratic states have the highest violent crime rates in 2024?

Available reporting does not provide a neat list of “Democratic states with the highest violent crime rates in 2024”; instead, multiple analyses show the pattern depends on the level of geography you ...