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The City of San Diego isn't too conservative, but alot of the suburbs are pretty conservative. I wouldn't call the metro conservative, IMO. Colo. Springs, Phoenix and Salt Lake are pretty conservative. Tulsa should be on the list.
I would think that the military has a big influence on San Diego. When I lived there, there were over 400,000 active duty military and families. Although it's much less now. Plus there are a lot of military contractors and companies there.
Do you have any suggestions on which major cities are the most conservative? (say 100,000 + pop.)
Here's what I've got so far..(give me feedback)
San Jose
San Diego
Jacksonville
Phoenix
Denver
Salt Lake City
Irvine
Colorado Springs
Any more????
Of those cities, San Jose, San Diego, Denver and Salt Lake City (believe it or not) are all pretty liberal when talking about the city itself not the metro areas. Denver voted over 70% for Kerry in the 2004 elections. San Jose is in the Bay Area. Enough said. And contrary to popular belief, Salt Lake City is largely liberal , has one of the most left-wing mayors of any large city, and in fact voted against the gay marriage ban (which passed statewide regardless). Phoenix, while the metro area as a whole is pretty conservative, and the city itself does lean conservative, is growing more liberal and approaching 50-50 levels. Irvine, Colorado Springs and Jacksonville are definitely conservative.
I posted this link awhile back which ranked large cities on their conservative-ness and liberal-ness. It simply added up the percentages of votes during the 2004 for more liberal candidates (largely Democrat-Kerry) and then compared them to the voted for the more conservative candidates (largely Republican, and in turn, Bush). Of course, this can be a bit of a skewed assessment as there are different types of conservatism and liberalism. For example, Detroit ranked as one of the most liberal cities, but while the city is overwhelmingly Democratic, it's not exactly a city with the social liberalism and progressiveness as San Francisco. The same can be said for the conservative side. If you ask me, the most telling barometer of an area's liberalism is it's voting record in regards to gay marriage. I personally think that's the truest liberal-conservative (as opposed to Democrat-Republican) divide of the day, but have yet to find a website that offers a mass database for comparison. Anyways, the report does at least give a good general idea of where some cities stand. As a warning, the linked report is a nearly 50 page pdf file so you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it and it may take awhile and be rough on old computer:
Please remember that many things that were 'cutting edge' Liberal 40 years ago have been adopted today by many self described Conservatives-----earrings and long hair on men, interracial dating/marriage, growing acceptance of Gays, etc.
Point your compass to the South or the Southwest is my advice. Take your conservativism detector out and watch it beep until it breaks.
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