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That list certainly does include cities in both red and blue states, but that link isn't a list of states' murder rates.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm

The above lists states by homicide rate. Looking at 2019 as the most recent year on record, the top 30 states include only 7 reliably blue states by my count (using the red/blue definitions in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states). How many reliably red states are in the top 30? I'm using that number because it's the same number in the article you linked - feel free to choose any arbitrary number, it won't make red states look good if that's what you're going for.

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