Yeah well it also only covers 76 until 2010. Try going back 85 years with the Democrats. Note that's just Chicago too.
But we can bring up all those other cities and then you can whine about the numbers later. Here how many of the 469 politicians in Northern Illinois were Republican?
City government experts point to a political culture that's been in place for more than 100 years. This culture dates back to the late 19th century, when a gambling-house owner named Michael Cassius McDonald created the city's first political machine. Under machine-style rule, those in power would hand out contracts, jobs, and social services in exchange for political support.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that in the last three decades, at least 79 local elected officials have been convicted of a crime, including three governors, one mayor, and a whopping 27 aldermen from the Windy City. What makes Chicago so corrupt?
In Chicago, corruption persisted, to some degree because the city never had the benefit of a reformist mayor like New York City's Fiorello LaGuardia, who had political ties to FDR. Instead, Chicago moved towards a one-party system that made it even more vulnerable to corruption:
The city's last Republican mayor left office in 1931. Today, not even the Democratic primaries are competitive—for the most part, once you're in office, you stay there. The weak campaign finance laws in Illinois probably helped to stave off competition in recent years.
Bonus Explainer: How do we know that Chicago's so corrupt?
The most straightforward way to measure corruption is to check the number of convicted local officials.
Between 1995 and 2004, 469 politicians from the federal district of Northern Illinois were found guilty of corruption.
The only districts with higher tallies were central California (which includes L.A.), and southern Florida (which includes Miami). Eastern Louisiana (and New Orleans) rank somewhat further down the list.
You might try to measure corruption by checking the number of city employees per 1,000 people. (Bigger governments suggest patronage-style politics.)
Or you could check to see how long it takes to acquire a construction permit through legal means. (Long delays may reflect a system of rampant bribery.)
Why is Chicago so corrupt? - Slate Magazine
Oooops Now hows those percentages looking? Which I haven't even brought up all those from the 30s or 40s or 50s yet and we are still not done with all the Democrats just in Chicago.
Eeek.....and theres still more Democratic Cities to go. :lamo