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That's true. We often use "Democrat" as a proxy for liberalism but that's not always true. It's probably more true in this election than it was in prior ones but it's still a far from perfect correlation.
It's interesting to note, however, that the White support for Democrats intensified in some traditionally deep blue jurisdictions while it receded in others. Clinton outperformed Obama among White voters in nearly every county in the Bay Area. Clinton performed about the same as Obama in the District of Columbia and outperformed him in DC's largest suburban counties. On the other hand, Clinton performed significantly worse than Obama did in Philadelphia. Philly has a lot more of the traditional, White working-class Democratic voter that Trump was able to peel away.
Looked like Clinton outperformed Obama in Texas too.
But you said "an older minority couple that just vote democrat because they think that's the party of minorities." This doesn't assign any specific reason as to why an "older minority couple" votes Democrat; the implication is that they are mindless sheep being told what to do as opposed to having actual concrete reasons for voting the way they do. I take issue with that...bigly.
You do you...... Sorry you took it that way, but I guess some people just like to go out of their way to be offended and outraged.
Looked like Clinton outperformed Obama in Texas too.
Generally speaking, she won large metro areas by a larger margin than Obama and lost medium to small MSAs and rural areas by a larger margin than Obama. But more than half of America lives in the 25 largest MSAs, which explains how she won the popular vote by 3 million.
I'm glad at least one person here has sense about them.
People vote for different reasons, not all libs are the same, not all pubs are the same. Some vote because they think that's how their demographic is supposed to vote. Others, because an event triggered them or their personal beliefs have changed.
I grew up in south Texas and have had discussions with Hispanics, young ones on voting. Most popular answer "my family has voted democrat for years, I'm not changing that." Then there are those that will vote because of some protest, like Occupy Wall Street, etc.
Tradition or change. Either way, there are good and bad people on both sides.
People vote for different reasons, not all libs are the same, not all pubs are the same. Some vote because they think that's how their demographic is supposed to vote. Others, because an event triggered them or their personal beliefs have changed.
I grew up in south Texas and have had discussions with Hispanics, young ones on voting. Most popular answer "my family has voted democrat for years, I'm not changing that." Then there are those that will vote because of some protest, like Occupy Wall Street, etc.
Tradition or change. Either way, there are good and bad people on both sides.
What does this have to do with the thread topic?
We have had plenty of threads about conservative cities in this subforum without actually getting into politics. Somehow people see a thread about liberal cities as an invitation to discuss politics and engage in attacks on liberals.
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