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They're liberal enough to vote Democrat so..um, any hair splitting with the word 'liberal' you want to do is kind of redundant.
And probably off topic. I'm pretty sure the OP didn't intend to go over the history of the word 'liberal' with a fine toothed comb.
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As for Oregon...where I used to live...I'd say Portland as most liberal
and...hmmm... Grants Pass (?) as most conservative.
They're liberal enough to vote Democrat so..um, any hair splitting with the word 'liberal' you want to do is kind of redundant.
And probably off topic.
That little gem not withstanding, I stand by my original assertion:
No one who understands Texas politics would ever mistake South Texas/the Valley as a liberal place.
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I'm pretty sure the OP didn't intend to go over the history of the word 'liberal' with a fine toothed comb.
No, the OP wanted to know where liberal areas were. You said South Texas. That was not correct, so I thought I'd point it out.
The Southern part of Texas is democrat, due to the Hispanic influence, but certainly not liberal. No one who knows Texas politics would *ever* make that mistake. If you don't believe me, look at the voting trends on issues like gay rights or definition of marriage.
That is very interesting & probably why several super-rural counties in California have always voted Democratic: they are heavily Latino. That has to be a sobering reality for Republicans esp when the tea baggers\ militias scare the poo poo out of hispanics You can't alienate an entire ethnic group & expect to win elections. And why Texas is going back to being Democratic!
That is very interesting & probably why several super-rural counties in California have always voted Democratic: they are heavily Latino. That has to be a sobering reality for Republicans esp when the tea baggers\ militias scare the poo poo out of hispanics You can't alienate an entire ethnic group & expect to win elections. And why Texas is going back to being Democratic!
Unfortunately those large areas of blue in south Texas are pretty sparsely populated. If Texas ever goes democratic again, it will be due to the cities (Houston, DFW, San Antonio, and Austin) where 90% of the population lives... and I'm just not seeing that happen. There is a lot of distrust of the government in general, which along with the Republican redistricting will make it *very* difficult to flip the state.
That said, I think Bill White has an outside chance at Governor...
Unfortunately those large areas of blue in south Texas are pretty sparsely populated. If Texas ever goes democratic again, it will be due to the cities (Houston, DFW, San Antonio, and Austin) where 90% of the population lives... and I'm just not seeing that happen. There is a lot of distrust of the government in general, which along with the Republican redistricting will make it *very* difficult to flip the state.
That said, I think Bill White has an outside chance at Governor...
Oh I see. But if Texas is anything like California than hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group, right? There are large cities [including Los Angeles] where Latinos are the largest ethnic group. Not liberal per se, but Mexican-Americans just do not vote for Republicans. That is why Arizona is the next Southwest state expected to be majority Democratic in the 2012 election [joining New Mexico\ Colorado\ Nevada & California]. Not Utah though.
Colorado is kind of funny, I'd say Denver is the most Democratic / Liberal and, not far away, Colorado Springs the most Conservative.
We are talking about places with over, what?, 500, 000 population right?
Boy, those red dots surrounding LA look scary! Some of those are Mormon towns. But conservative in California is like liberal compared to conservative in the red states!
Why is Fort Wayne considered conservative since it is over 250,000 people? Also why is Valparaiso conservative since it has a university?
Sur, I really don't know why exactly Fort Wayne is so conservative, as it's a pretty decent sized city with industrial ties. Northern Indiana (in general) is pretty conservative, though, and there is also a significant Amish component in Northern Indiana.
I'm told that Valpo is fairly religious, and its university is affiliated with the Lutheran church.
In Texas, the most liberal would be Austin, and most conservative might be Waco or College Station/Bryan...at least among the cities/towns that are large enough and better known...otherwise, pretty much anywhere in Texas is fairly conservative.
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You can't alienate an entire ethnic group & expect to win elections. And why Texas is going back to being Democratic!
Some of those are Mormon towns. But conservative in California is like liberal compared to conservative in the red states!
