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Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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I guess this topic never gets old. You can find liberals and conservatives in every city. I'll allow for a handful of extreme exceptions in either direction, but for the most part, either way you're still in America and people pretty much live the same lives from day to day wherever you go. It's at the state level where the liberal/conservative divide matters most, if anywhere, IMO.
This has been asked several times. As metro ostensibly means "metropolitan area" some of the most conservative I think would be
Abilene, Texas
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Orem-Provo, Utah
Midland-Odessa, Texas
Rapid City, South Dakota
Sioux City, Iowa
Oklahoma City is possibly the largest metropolitan area to be pretty solidly Republican. (Republican mayor, McCain won the county, etc) Although Jacksonville, Florida is fairly Republican and a bit bigger. Some also like to list San Diego, but it's been trending more liberal for awhile. Although if one means the entire San Diego metropolitan area it still might lean fairly conservative.
For liberal
Ithaca-Corland, New York
San Francisco Bay Area
Portland, Maine
Probably others. I think the liberal side is of more interest than others so will get responses.
Last edited by Thomas R.; 11-08-2009 at 07:05 PM..
What makes Dallas or Houston conservative? They are two cities that are building/expanding rail transit systems...which indicates a non-conservative city in my book.
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What are the most liberal and conservative US cities?
By cities, I mean the metro area in general. I would guess the following are most liberal and conservative....
Liberal:
San Francisco
Boston
Portland
Seattle
Hartford
Providence
New York City
Washington DC
Conservative:
Dallas
Houston
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Cincinatti
In the US House of Representatives KC is represented by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver who is a member of the liberal-leaning "Congressional Progressive Caucus."
By cities, I mean the metro area in general. I would guess the following are most liberal and conservative....
Liberal:
San Francisco
Boston
Portland
Seattle
Hartford
Providence
New York City
Washington DC
Conservative:
Dallas
Houston
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Nashville
Salt Lake City
Cincinatti
Dallas and Houston are not conservative. Moderate would be the best word but the cities constantly vote liberal. Its the suburbs that are conservative.
Dallas and Houston are not conservative. Moderate would be the best word but the cities constantly vote liberal. Its the suburbs that are conservative.
Like I said in my original post, I'm talking about the whole metropolitan areas.
Like I said in my original post, I'm talking about the whole metropolitan areas.
Well, even then, not really. The Dallas and Houston metros over all are way more moderate than people give them credit for. Over all, they would be somewhere in the middle. The only reason Texas constantly votes republican is because conservatives have a much higher voter turnout rate than moderates or liberals, and over all, Texas has a very poor voter turnout for elections. Other wise, I think it would be considered a purple state instead of a red.
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What are the most liberal and conservative US cities? 
