Identifying: Liberal, conservative, middle-ground cities (suburbs, rankings, metro area)

[edsg25]

If you'd like to answer my question, please make three lists, as follows:

Cities that tilt left (liberal)

Cities that tilt right (conservative)

Middle ground cities

Then place any city you choose in the right category

[cttransplant85]

Any size city?

Liberal:
Berkeley, Seattle, Burlington, Ithaca, Both Portlands, San Francisco

Conservative:
Plano, Tulsa, Salt Lake, Irving(TX), Wichita, OKC, Jacksonville

Middle:
St. Paul, San Diego, San Antonio, Omaha, Wilmington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami

I'm confused as to what you want me to do next.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by cttransplant85

Conservative:
Plano, Tulsa, Salt Lake, Irving(TX), Wichita, OKC, Jacksonville

How does Jacksonville keep getting labeled as conservative? That's so 20 years ago...

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

I think, at least as far as metro areas are concerned, the Southern Metro's are textbook middle ground. DFW, Atlanta, and Houston have a real good mix of both liberal and conservative areas.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by cttransplant85

Conservative:
Plano, Tulsa, Salt Lake, Irving(TX), Wichita, OKC, Jacksonville

Originally Posted by kyle19125

How does Jacksonville keep getting labeled as conservative? That's so 20 years ago...

And for that matter Salt Lake City, which is arguably left of center.

[mjlo]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

How does Jacksonville keep getting labeled as conservative? That's so 20 years ago...

You've been a part of this website for 10 years and are still baffled by the ignorance???

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by mjlo

You've been a part of this website for 10 years and are still baffled by the ignorance???

Not really, but still working to counteract it.

[bawac34618]

Oklahoma City is probably the only truly conservative city in the country with a metro of over 1 million. Most conservative areas are much smaller or are suburbs of major cities (like Tempe, AZ). OKC is an outlier because of how right-wing it is.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by AlaskanSalmon

Liberal: San Francisco, Boston
Middle Ground: Miami, Orlando, Detroit
Conservative: Phoenix, Houston, Dallas/Ft Worth, Anchorage

I always use suburbs alongside the city core for my rankings. I also use attitudes towards social issues rather than voting trends specifically.

Miami, Orlando and Detroit are all well left of center...

[DTXman34]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Miami, Orlando and Detroit are all well left of center...

I think he's going on a metro basis as opposed to specific cities. For example, Dallas is left of center but Fort Worth and the suburbs are not.