Here’s an interesting factoid. Chicago’s homicide rate per 100,000 population has increased, sometimes sharply, in every presidential election year since 2004. 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. Prior to 2008 there was no such pattern.
I don’t have an explanation for that.
2024 will make an interesting test case. Will homicides in Chicago increase, decrease, or remain the same in 2024?
