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Originally Posted by jluke65780
Just because you vote democratic; doesn't make you a liberal.
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True. I think that study included many/most of the African-American majority cities even though many AAs are moderate to conservative Democrats. It's even true that voting Republican doesn't necessarily make you conservative. The Pacific Coast still has a fair amount of moderate Republicans. I think New England still has some too. So going by voting alone is maybe insufficient.
One study I read determined "liberal" towns by including voting, "gay index", and per-capita money given to progressive political groups. Unfortunately they didn't do a version for conservative. A highly Democratic town that gives a good deal to the NRA, National Right to Life, Focus on the Family, and the Heritage Foundation would likely be fairly conservative.