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Personally, I really don't think that any place in NC is liberal at all, I would say that Charlotte is more moderate as well as the other larger cities in NC. They're only considered "liberal" by NC standards.
Clearly you have never been to Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Asheville, or Boone.
I can really think of a city in NC that I would consider "conservative." Some are more moderate (including Charlotte), and the liberal ones would be Asheville, Chapel Hill, and Durham.
For SC, Columbia is a little more on the liberal side; I'd probably say that Charleston is also slightly center left. Greenville is more conservative.
i've always found it bizarre that charleston is the more liberal area of the state yet racially their schools are so segregated, public / pirvate / etc.... where as greenville is the more conservative one but has VERY diverse schools. i've lived in greenville now 9 years and my parents have lived in mount pleasant now 4 years and upon moving to charleston concluded that one could feel a very racially / class divide in the area compared to greenville. bizarre for a liberal city to receive such comments.
Conservative- Cincinnati, almost every small town in the state
Liberal- Every other large city. Columbus is pretty moderate, though, along with Dayton.
Conservative - the areas in between Cincinnati and Dayton like Butler County and Warren County and Clermont to the east VERY conservative. Cincinnati and Hamilton county not so much. With the exception of Franklin County / Columbus central ohio is pretty conservative as is SE Ohio and NW Ohio.
Liberal - Toledo Metro area, the immediate great lakes region in general, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Youngstown, etc....
Clearly you have never been to Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Asheville, or Boone.
when i first moved down to Greenville, SC i asked people what Asheville was like and the most common reply was "imagine berkeley, california in the mountains" haha. having visited asheville and that area numerous times now it is safe to say they were correct.
Liberal: Louisville (Jefferson County), Lexington (Fayette County), town of Berea
The first two are urban, Berea for some reason has always been a center of Liberal thought. In the 1860s it opened a college that enrolled both Blacks and Whites and even taught them in the same classrooms. When people in surrounding areas heard of this a mob literally attacked the town and burned it to the ground. Today Berea is like a miniature version of Asheville NC. Lots of arts and crafts, and many progressive minded people who live off the grid, eat organic, etc.
Moderate: A few oddly scattered counties across western and eastern KY. Areas with either lots of poverty and/ or a history of union coal jobs
Conservative: the rest of the state
correct me if im wrong but i heard recently that students at Berea College are not charged tuition? it was ranked recently as one of the best buys by US News i believe. i can see why haha.
Liberal: Most urban areas in the state. This is granted.
Moderate: San Diego, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, Fresno, San Luis Obispo County
Conservative: Lancaster, Bakersfield, Orange County
I'm a little baffled by the need for this poll. Most larger towns and cities vote Democratic and have larger populations of people with liberal ideologies. Smaller towns tend toward Republican voting habits and conservative ideology.
With precious few exceptions, it really seems to fall in line with your exposure to public services and needs. In Small Town America there is a perception that government is wasteful and mostly unnecessary, and few public services are used on a regular basis, while government investment is pretty well-hidden (rural counties receive more tax assistance than they pay into their state and federal government, but their roads, DOT, prisons and agricultural businesses receive hefty subsidies.
In larger towns and cities, or smaller cities with local tourism or universities, there is much more visible day-to-day results of good governance and investment in public works (buses, sidewalks, urban renewal districts), government is perceived as wasteful but well-intentioned, with benefits to go along with costs.
I feel I could name most any city in America and predict its voting leanings based on population and nearness to a major city. There are some large notable exceptions - San Diego, Fort Worth, Colorado Springs and Staten Island tend to vote more Republican. Some are more conservative, some less, but they act as retorts to larger liberal cities within close vicinity (LA, Dallas, Denver, other NYC boroughs). But by and large the divide seems to be along the lines of city v. small towns, the exceptions being more exclusive well-off cities with a larger neighbor.
Conservative - the areas in between Cincinnati and Dayton like Butler County and Warren County and Clermont to the east VERY conservative. Cincinnati and Hamilton county not so much. With the exception of Franklin County / Columbus central ohio is pretty conservative as is SE Ohio and NW Ohio.
Liberal - Toledo Metro area, the immediate great lakes region in general, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Youngstown, etc....
The Columbus metro is not conservative. the metro is liberal and even the suburbs are liberal to moderate. Maybe 20-30 years ago, not in 2013. The exurbs can lean republican but are even socially liberal. Not so much.
Socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative:
Houston
Socially Conservative and Fiscally Liberal:
Dallas
San Antonio
El Paso
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Rio Grande Valley
Fiscally and Socially Conservative
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Amarillo
Midland
Odessa
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls
Suburbs of Dallas and Houston
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