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Conservative - anywhere East of the Cascades (except Spokane, which is right-leaning moderate)
Liberal - anywhere West of the Cascades (except a few logging towns here and there)
Lewis County on the West side is also conservative. It's where Centralia and Chehalis are located. Some of the farming communities on the west side of the state also lean conservative(like Lynden, which coincidentally is only 15 minutes from one of the most liberal cities in the state, Bellingham).
Lewis County on the West side is also conservative. It's where Centralia and Chehalis are located. Some of the farming communities on the west side of the state also lean conservative(like Lynden, which coincidentally is only 15 minutes from one of the most liberal cities in the state, Bellingham).
Yeah, that's basically what I meant about a few isolated 'logging' towns, though the 'logging' part was admittedly a generalization. There are definitely exceptions on the coast, but overall that side of the state is pretty majority liberal. I miss living there.
This isn't accurate. Parts of it? Sure. But the whole area? Not a chance. The only solidly Democratic county is St. Clair. The rest are Republican strongholds or, at best, purple.
Also, I'll go ahead and give Bloomington/Normal some credit as well. McLean County was one of the first in the state to let gay marriage occur. They didn't drag their feet and wait like a lot of other counties.
I wouldn't even really consider New Orleans 'liberal'. Majority Democrat? Sure, but not liberal. There is definitely a liberal element there, but there are also plenty of old South conservatives in the suburbs. Just because they vote democrat doesn't mean they're liberal.
However, yes... compared to the rest of the state, New Orleans seems pretty liberal.
Dallas belongs with Houston in the Socially and Fiscally liberal set. In reality, theyre both slightly left of center all the way around.
Yep. I can't speak to Dallas, but the only part of Houston that I would consider across-the-board liberal are the areas immediately West, Southwest, and Northwest of downtown (Montrose, Midtown, the Heights), well inside loop 610. I've heard the East End is rapidly becoming more liberal, but it's still mainly just working class Democrat.
Overall, though... I agree 100% that the cities of Houston and Dallas themselves, and not just certain neighborhoods... are basically left-of-center, though increasingly moving left.
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Is there such a thing as conservative cities? Not talking about the suburbs, but the cities themselves. Its been my experience that mostly liberals live in cities. Not sure if its the act of living in densely populated places that instills liberal "we're in this together" values in people, or if its that people that are liberal by nature are drawn to cities. Perhaps a little of column A, a little of column B.
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