Timeline for What are possible explanations for why Democratic states appear to have higher homeless rates per capita than Republican states?
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| Jan 18, 2023 at 19:38 | comment | added | dsollen | It would help to point out the cause and effect. The reason those states are blue is because they are urbanized, urban locations tend to vote blue, the more urban a state is the more it would vote blue. So rather then saying democrat's cause homelessness it possible to instead argue that high urbanization causes both democratic states and homelessness (due to lack of housing that comes with urbanization). Ie they got their causation and correlation confused by not tracing back to the real root cause of the correlation. | |
| Jan 18, 2023 at 18:54 | comment | added | OpenAI was the last straw | @Mazura there are definitely blue states, like Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. In these states, both urban and rural populations lean Democrat. | |
| Jan 18, 2023 at 10:11 | comment | added | James_pic | @Mazura Kentucky only has 4.5M people in it, so a city of 3M would be a stretch. Louisville is biggest at 600k-1.4M (depending on whether you count the city or the metropolitan area). And it hasn't had a republican mayor since 1969, further supporting your point. | |
| Jan 18, 2023 at 1:33 | comment | added | Mazura | While there may be red cities, there are no blue states. +1. Illinois is a red state, that's been allowed to elect a republican four times in like the last 150y. 2h south of Chicago, you might as well be in Kentucky, which is about another 6h away. ... Name a city in (Kentucky ;) a red state with more than 3M people in it. IDK one.... | |
| Jan 17, 2023 at 15:46 | comment | added | Grant Curell | Hmmm I agree on all points, but I'm not sure this entirely refutes the right's generalization. Just to make sure I understand the point you're making, you're saying that urbanization is the strongest factor and your hypothesis is that regardless of an incongruity in state/city policy, the majority factor is population density? If so, I might agree with that. This is a good point to think on. | |
| Jan 17, 2023 at 15:17 | comment | added | James_pic | I think the implication is that irrespective of policies set at state level, cities tend to have a high concentration of homeless people, and cities have a tendency to vote democrat. State level policies could influence levels of homelessness, but equally, city governments also have an influence, and city governments aren't necessarily the same party as the state government. There could be some mileage in looking at homelessness levels in cities of a similar size in different states, but urbanization seems to be the largest factor. | |
| Jan 17, 2023 at 15:10 | comment | added | Grant Curell | Hmm I very much appreciate the data-driven approach but I think there is a critical flaw in this line of reasoning. The reason that cities in red states, despite most assuredly being blue as you said, are relevant, is that those cities are still affected by the red policies set at the state level. I think this line of reasoning could be further explored but that seems like a substantial issue that would have to be accounted for. | |
| Jan 17, 2023 at 15:05 | history | answered | James_pic | CC BY-SA 4.0 |