etroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)... since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)... since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)... since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)... since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)... since 1952;
Newark, NJ (10th)... since 1907.
This is a list of the top ten cites highest poverty rate.