Life in "Progress" city - the unemployment edition

Here's a list of the cities with the highest unemployment rates in the country.

363	Palm Coast, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area	14.9
364	Hanford-Corcoran, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	15.3
365	Visalia-Porterville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	15.7
366	Fresno, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	15.8
367	Modesto, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	16.0
368	Stockton, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	16.1
369	Yuba City, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	17.0
370	Merced, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	17.5
371	Yuma, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area	29.4
372	El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area	32.4

Here's a list of the cities with the lowest.............

1 Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.0
2 Lincoln, NE Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.6
3 Fargo, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area 3.9
4 Portsmouth, NH-ME Metropolitan NECTA 4.4
5 Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.5
5 Sioux Falls, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.5
7 Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metropolitan NECTA 4.6
7 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.6
9 Midland, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.8
10 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area 4.9

Anyone want to make a wager as to which party dominates the city government of the former and/or the latter?

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