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For metropolitan areas with a population of at least 1 million, the most politically balanced are as follows:
1. Louisville, KY
2. Charlotte, NC
3. Phoenix, AZ
4. Houston, TX
5. Dallas, TX
6. Pittsburgh, PA
7. Indianapolis, IN
8. Tampa, FL
9. St. Louis, MO
10. San Antonio, TX
For metropolitan areas with a population of at least 1 million, the most politically balanced are as follows:
1. Louisville, KY
2. Charlotte, NC
3. Phoenix, AZ
4. Houston, TX
5. Dallas, TX
6. Pittsburgh, PA
7. Indianapolis, IN
8. Tampa, FL
9. St. Louis, MO
10. San Antonio, TX
Most of this list I can see, move Tampa up a bit.
Charlotte though, I don't understand, unless you're in their suburbs, the city itself is very blue
And all of the suburban counties are red. Percentage-wise it's probably close to an even blue/red split but the metro isn't uniformly purple at all.
Very few metro areas are uniformly purple. Most follow the same pattern of a much bluer central city/county surrounded by much redder counties. If Charlotte's surrounding counties started to moderate and the overall area gets bluer like the Triangle, it would easily tip the state politically.
On a side note, Charlotte has a very large MSA that adds significantly to its metro population, but that also dilutes the blueness of its central county.
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