TY - JOUR AU - Kochar, Arjan AU - Rashid, Fahmid AU - Sullivan, Samuel AU - Thunyiswa, Sarrkos AU - Sommers, Paul M. PY - 2021/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Mayoral Party Affiliation and Violent Crime Rates in America's Most Populated Cities JF - Journal of Student Research JA - J Stud Res VL - 10 IS - 4 SE - DO - 10.47611/jsr.v10i4.1371 UR - https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/1371 SP - AB - <p>The authors examine whether 2019 violent crime rates (in general) and murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault rates (in particular) are related to the party affiliation of a city’s mayor. First, America’s 100 largest cities are divided into three groups adjusting for the size of the city’s population – top twenty, the next thirty most populated, and then the next fifty most populated.&nbsp; For the top 20 cities, there are surprisingly no discernable differences in average murder, rape, or aggravated assault rates in cities run by Democrats relative to those run by Republicans.&nbsp; In cities ranked 21 – 50 or 51 – 100, violent crime rates (with the exception of rape) are significantly higher in cities with Democratic mayors.&nbsp; The authors caution that association does not imply causation.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> ER -