US Urban Areas by GOP Share of 2016 Vote (place, America, Atlanta)
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An interesting article by FiveThirtyEight regarding political segregation within urban areas.
Urban Area(UA) by GOP Share of 2016 Votes
77.4% Provo, UT
70.0% Conroe, TX
69.2% Myrtle Beach, SC
65.7% Ogden, UT
64.1% Lakeland, FL
63.9% Lafayette, LA
63.8% Bonita Springs, FL
63.8% Greenville, SC
62.4% Knoxville, TN
62.2% Tulsa, OK
62.1% Springfield, MO
60.7% Pensacola, FL
59.8% Murrieta, CA
59.6% Colorado Springs, CO
58.9% Oklahoma City
58.7% Palm Bay, FL
58.6% Cape Coral, FL
58.1% Chattanooga, TN
57.2% Wichita, KS
57.1% Denton, TX
56.9% Fort Wayne, IN
56.3% Palm Coast, FL
55.0% Bakersfield, CA
54.8% Huntsville, AL
54.2% Jacksonville
54.2% Port St Lucie, FL
53.9% Omaha
53.8% Lancaster, PA
53.7% Victorville, CA
53.6% Dayton, OH
53.3% Cincinnati
53.1% Boise
52.9% Fayetteville, AR
52.6% Anchorage, AK
51.8% Mission Viejo, CA
51.1% Spokane, WA
50.7% Phoenix
50.5% Charleston, SC
50.3% Peoria, IL
49.9% Grand Rapids, MI
49.9% Corpus Christi, TX
49.8% Harrisburg, PA
49.7% Baton Rouge, LA
49.7% Augusta, GA
49.3% Round Lake Beach, IL
49.2% Scranton, PA
49.2% Tampa
48.6% Indianapolis
48.3% South Bend, IN
48.2% Mobile, AL
48.1% Santa Clarita, CA
48.0% Poughkeepsie, NY
47.6% Allentown, PA
47.6% Rockford, IL
47.3% Reno, NV
47.2% Dallas
46.8% Lincoln, NE
46.4% Nashville
46.4% Louisville
46.2% Modesto, CA
46.1% Pittsburgh
46.1% Columbia, SC
46.0% Akron, OH
45.8% Reading, PA
45.5% Birmingham
45.1% Fresno
44.8% Youngstown, OH
44.4% Shreveport, LA
44.3% Kansas City
44.2% Buffalo
44.2% Houston
44.1% Fort Collins, CO
44.0% Davenport, IA
43.8% Salt Lake City
43.6% Little Rock
43.3% Las Vegas
43.2% San Antonio
42.9% St Louis
42.4% Des Moines
42.3% Asheville, NC
42.1% Virginia Beach
42.0% Toledo, OH
41.8% Rochester
41.8% Montgomery, AL
41.7% Detroit
41.6% New Orleans
41.2% Providence
40.9% New Haven, CT
40.7% Albuquerque
40.6% Indio-Cathedral City, CA
40.3% Charlotte
40.3% Sacramento
40.3% Lancaster-Palmdale, CA
40.1% Flint, MI
40.0% Atlanta
39.9% Syracuse
39.8% Stamford
39.8% Worcester, MA
39.5% Albany-Schenectady
39.3% Orlando
39.0% Columbus, GA
39.0% Denver
38.8% Richmond
38.8% Tucson
38.4% Riverside-San Bernardino
38.4% Raleigh
38.4% Cleveland
38.0% Columbus
37.9% San Diego
37.3% Springfield, MA
37.0% Hartford
36.8% Fayetteville, NC
36.7% Baltimore
36.5% Savannah, GA
36.4% Memphis
36.4% Minneapolis
35.7% Miami
33.8% Trenton, NJ
33.3% New York
33.2% Lansing, MI
33.0% Honolulu
32.8% Austin
32.7% Philadelphia
32.7% Tallahasee, FL
32.3% Boston
31.9% Kissimmee, FL
31.4% Greensboro, NC
31.4% Stockton, CA
31.4% Eugene, OR
30.8% Oxnard, CA
30.5% Antioch, CA
30.4% Portland
30.0% McAllen, TX
29.7% Concord, CA
29.6% Chicago
28.5% Seattle
27.4% Los Angeles
26.5% El Paso
24.0% Santa Rosa, CA
23.2% Laredo, TX
23.1% Washington DC
21.9% Ann Arbor, MI
20.9% San Jose
20.0% Madison, WI
15.4% Durham, NC
13.4% San Francisco
An interesting article by FiveThirtyEight regarding political segregation within urban areas.
Urban Area(UA) by GOP Share of 2016 Votes
77.4% Provo, UT
70.0% Conroe, TX
69.2% Myrtle Beach, SC
65.7% Ogden, UT
64.1% Lakeland, FL
63.9% Lafayette, LA
63.8% Bonita Springs, FL
63.8% Greenville, SC
62.4% Knoxville, TN
62.2% Tulsa, OK
62.1% Springfield, MO
60.7% Pensacola, FL
59.8% Murrieta, CA
59.6% Colorado Springs, CO
58.9% Oklahoma City
58.7% Palm Bay, FL
58.6% Cape Coral, FL
58.1% Chattanooga, TN
57.2% Wichita, KS
57.1% Denton, TX
56.9% Fort Wayne, IN
56.3% Palm Coast, FL
55.0% Bakersfield, CA
54.8% Huntsville, AL
54.2% Jacksonville
54.2% Port St Lucie, FL
53.9% Omaha
53.8% Lancaster, PA
53.7% Victorville, CA
53.6% Dayton, OH
53.3% Cincinnati
53.1% Boise
52.9% Fayetteville, AR
52.6% Anchorage, AK
51.8% Mission Viejo, CA
51.1% Spokane, WA
50.7% Phoenix
50.5% Charleston, SC
50.3% Peoria, IL
49.9% Grand Rapids, MI
49.9% Corpus Christi, TX
49.8% Harrisburg, PA
49.7% Baton Rouge, LA
49.7% Augusta, GA
49.3% Round Lake Beach, IL
49.2% Scranton, PA
49.2% Tampa
48.6% Indianapolis
48.3% South Bend, IN
48.2% Mobile, AL
48.1% Santa Clarita, CA
48.0% Poughkeepsie, NY
47.6% Allentown, PA
47.6% Rockford, IL
47.3% Reno, NV
47.2% Dallas
46.8% Lincoln, NE
46.4% Nashville
46.4% Louisville
46.2% Modesto, CA
46.1% Pittsburgh
46.1% Columbia, SC
46.0% Akron, OH
45.8% Reading, PA
45.5% Birmingham
45.1% Fresno
44.8% Youngstown, OH
44.4% Shreveport, LA
44.3% Kansas City
44.2% Buffalo
44.2% Houston
44.1% Fort Collins, CO
44.0% Davenport, IA
43.8% Salt Lake City
43.6% Little Rock
43.3% Las Vegas
43.2% San Antonio
42.9% St Louis
42.4% Des Moines
42.3% Asheville, NC
42.1% Virginia Beach
42.0% Toledo, OH
41.8% Rochester
41.8% Montgomery, AL
41.7% Detroit
41.6% New Orleans
41.2% Providence
40.9% New Haven, CT
40.7% Albuquerque
40.6% Indio-Cathedral City, CA
40.3% Charlotte
40.3% Sacramento
40.3% Lancaster-Palmdale, CA
40.1% Flint, MI
40.0% Atlanta
39.9% Syracuse
39.8% Stamford
39.8% Worcester, MA
39.5% Albany-Schenectady
39.3% Orlando
39.0% Columbus, GA
39.0% Denver
38.8% Richmond
38.8% Tucson
38.4% Riverside-San Bernardino
38.4% Raleigh
38.4% Cleveland
38.0% Columbus
37.9% San Diego
37.3% Springfield, MA
37.0% Hartford
36.8% Fayetteville, NC
36.7% Baltimore
36.5% Savannah, GA
36.4% Memphis
36.4% Minneapolis
35.7% Miami
33.8% Trenton, NJ
33.3% New York
33.2% Lansing, MI
33.0% Honolulu
32.8% Austin
32.7% Philadelphia
32.7% Tallahasee, FL
32.3% Boston
31.9% Kissimmee, FL
31.4% Greensboro, NC
31.4% Stockton, CA
31.4% Eugene, OR
30.8% Oxnard, CA
30.5% Antioch, CA
30.4% Portland
30.0% McAllen, TX
29.7% Concord, CA
29.6% Chicago
28.5% Seattle
27.4% Los Angeles
26.5% El Paso
24.0% Santa Rosa, CA
23.2% Laredo, TX
23.1% Washington DC
21.9% Ann Arbor, MI
20.9% San Jose
20.0% Madison, WI
15.4% Durham, NC
13.4% San Francisco
It is #19 on the list of Most Politically Polarized Cities. It's pretty much all of Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and the North Shore Suburbs; Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Glendale, Fox Point, River Hills, Bayside, and Brown Deer all blue with the rest of the suburbs red.
Explained by both Milwaukee's horrendous segregation and rich liberal communities along the lake.
I think its important to consider one thing: minorities (especially African Americans) almost always vote blue. But many are actually conservative on some things (especially LGBT issues). That's why voting patterns are too simplistic. How people view what is liberal and what is conservative varies by race. For example, IMO, if a person opposes LGBT rights but claims to be liberal they are not. They are conservative. However, others will disagree with me on that and thats fine.
Thats why I think its not a good measure to say that a place that is overwhelmingly minority is liberal just because they vote blue is misleading. The flipside is that cities like Austin and Portland are "liberal" but I wouldnt call either racially progressive.
Its just too complex a topic to determine based on voting patterns.
I’m not shocked by Raleigh or Tallahassee, but Durham is astoundingly liberal. No one is surprised that San Francisco is number one.
Chapel Hill is located in the same urban area with Durham, so there are two prominent universities included (UNC and Duke). The area probably has one of the nation's highest shares with graduate level degrees. In the Trump era, that tends to correlate with very low support for Republican candidates.
I think its important to consider one thing: minorities (especially African Americans) almost always vote blue. But many are actually conservative on some things (especially LGBT issues). That's why voting patterns are too simplistic. How people view what is liberal and what is conservative varies by race. For example, IMO, if a person opposes LGBT rights but claims to be liberal they are not. They are conservative. However, others will disagree with me on that and thats fine.
Thats why I think its not a good measure to say that a place that is overwhelmingly minority is liberal just because they vote blue is misleading. The flipside is that cities like Austin and Portland are "liberal" but I wouldnt call either racially progressive.
Its just too complex a topic to determine based on voting patterns.
It should be kept in mind that the article isn't about ideological segregation in urban areas; it's about political segregation. They aren't exactly the same.
I think its important to consider one thing: minorities (especially African Americans) almost always vote blue. But many are actually conservative on some things (especially LGBT issues). That's why voting patterns are too simplistic. How people view what is liberal and what is conservative varies by race. For example, IMO, if a person opposes LGBT rights but claims to be liberal they are not. They are conservative. However, others will disagree with me on that and thats fine.
Thats why I think its not a good measure to say that a place that is overwhelmingly minority is liberal just because they vote blue is misleading. The flipside is that cities like Austin and Portland are "liberal" but I wouldnt call either racially progressive.
Its just too complex a topic to determine based on voting patterns.
This is spot on. Most older Black Americans in the South tend to vote heavily Democratic, but are socially and politically conservative. This is especially true in the Deep South.
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