To all those that swore up and down that red state crime was worse than blue state... there is an update available that debunks your statistics...  A report from the Heritage Foundation shows that homicide rates have been higher in Democrat-run "blue counties" than they have been in "red counties" since 2002

Google it. 

The Heritage Foundation (sometimes referred to simply as Heritage)[1][2] is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. 

1 hour ago, amexpat said:

Google it. 

The Heritage Foundation (sometimes referred to simply as Heritage)[1][2] is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. 

So that makes them unreliable right...

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Weird "report".

 

Seem to want to drive the murder rate down to the local level, yet imply Biden is weak on crime.

 

Stats are from 2014-2020, Biden wasn't President.

 

County murders happen in a state. I realize someone had to rebut the red stat crime issue, but drilling down to the county? Really? That might have voted Biden?

 

Does Biden hold some County office?

 

 

Stop consuming so much Kool-Aid, it's bad for your your health.

 

 

20 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Weird "report".

 

Seem to want to drive the murder rate down to the local level, yet imply Biden is weak on crime.

 

Stats are from 2014-2020, Biden wasn't President.

 

County murders happen in a state. I realize someone had to rebut the red stat crime issue, but drilling down to the county? Really? That might have voted Biden?

 

Does Biden hold some County office?

 

 

Stop consuming so much Kool-Aid, it's bad for your your health.

 

 

Defensive much... the original discussion was not about Joe... it was about crime in red vs blue areas of the country.

All of the charts in the "report" reference Biden.

 

Now who's defensive, much?

 

This is very confusing as all other news reports state homicides in states, not counties. 

Cities always have higher crime rates than rural areas. And cities are more likely to be "blye". 

 

if examining at level of county and not first disaggregating by urban/rural the analysis is very flawed.

12 hours ago, Purdey said:

This is very confusing as all other news reports state homicides in states, not counties. 

Which is precisely the point... red states which appear to be high crime would not be if it were not for the blue counties... the blue counties skew the state statistics.