The Wallethub portal has conducted a report on the management of the 150 largest cities in the United States. 18 of the 20 worst-run cities are Democrats Las otras dos están gestionadas por un independiente progresista y un republicano.
Wallethub has compared 38 indicators showing the quality of services, and their cost per capita. In this way, the efficiency of municipalities in the management of public money can be measured. The 20 worst managed cities, with Washington D.C. leading the way, are these:
- Washington D.C. Mayor: Muriel Bowser. Democrat
- San Francisco. Mayor: London Breed. Democrat
- New York. Mayor: Eric Adams. Democrat
- Chattanooga. Mayor: Tim Kelly. Independient-progressive
- Cleveland. Mayor: Justin Bibb. Democrat
- Detroit. Mayor Mike Guggan. Democrat
- Flint. Mayor: Sheldon Neeley. Democrat
- Oaklans. Mayor: Libby Schaaf. Democrat
- Hartford. Mayor: Luke Bronin. Democrat
- Gulfport. Mayor: Billy Hewes. Republican
- Chicago. Mayor: Lori Lightfoot. Democrat
- Tacoma. Mayor: Victoria Woodards. Democrat
- Rochester. Mayor: Malik D. Evans. Democrat
- Yonkers. Mayor: Mike Spano. Democrat
- Kansas City (KC). Mayor: Quinton Lucas. Democrat
- Memphis. Mayor: Jim Stricklans. Democrat
- Philadelphia. Mayor: Jim Kenney. Democrat
- St. Louis. Mayor: Tishaura Jones. Democrat
- Denver. Mayor: Michael B. Hancock. Democrat
- New Heaven. Mayor, Justin Elicker. Democrat
Some of those mayors bear little responsibility for mismanagement. Eric Adams, for example, became mayor this year. He succeeded the controversial Bill de Blasio. However, the Democratic Party can often be held accountable, since it has been governing for many years. The Democratic Party has been governing Kansas City since 1918. Detroit has had Democratic mayors for 60 years, and Philadelphia for 70. The last Republican mayor of Flint left office in 1975. In Denver it was in 1963, in New Heaven in 1953 and in St. Louis in 1949.
One of the public goods that are generating problems in large cities is crime.
Best governed cities
The cities that make the best use of public money, ordered from best to worst, are these:
- Nampa. Mayor: Debbie King. Independient
- Boise. Mayor: Lauren McLean. Democrat
- Fort Wayne. Mayor: Tom Henry. Democrat
- Nashua. Mayor: Jim Donchess. Democrat
- Lexington-Fayette. Mayor Linda Gorton. Republican
- Lincoln (NE). Mayor: Gaylord Baird. Democrat
- Las Cruces. Mayor: Ken Miyagishima. Democrat
- Oklahoma City. Mayor: David Holt. Republican
- Missoula. Mayor: John Engen. Democrat
- Durham. Mayor: Elanine O'Neal. Democrat
- Virginia Beach. Mayor: Robert M. Dyer. Republican
- Rapid City. Mayor: Steve Allender. Republican
- Raleigh. Mayor: Mary-Ann Baldwin. Democrat
- Billings. Mayor: Bill Cole. Independient
- Provo. Mayor: Michelle Kaufusi. Republican
- Chesapeake. Mayor: Rick West. Republican
- Sioux. Mayor: Paul TenHaken. Republican
- Salem. Mayor: Kim Driscoll. Democrat
- Manchester. Mayor: Joyce Craig. Democrat
- Mesa (AZ). Mayor: John Giles. Republican
This list shows two differences with the list of the worst-governed cities. The first is that they are smaller cities, and we did not find a very large city. The largest population size is the state capital of Oklahoma. The second difference is that only half of the mayors are Democrats. The other half are independents and Republicans. Good governance is very much politically distributed.
