Most conservative cities in US (Missouri, Indiana, Alabama, Obama)

[Finn_Jarber]

I was surprised to learn that 7 out of 25 most conservative cities in US are in California.


Table 1: Top Twenty-Five Most Conservative Cities
Rank City State
1 Provo Utah
2 Lubbock Texas
3 Abilene Texas
4 Hialeah Florida
5 Plano Texas
6 Colorado Springs Colorado
7 Gilbert Arizona
8 Bakersfield California
9 Lafayette Louisiana
10 Orange California
11 Escondido California
12 Allentown Pennsylvania
13 Mesa Arizona
14 Arlington Texas
15 Peoria Arizona
16 Cape Coral Florida
17 Garden Grove California
18 Simi Valley California
19 Corona California
20 Clearwater Florida
21 West Valley City Utah
22 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
23 Overland Park Kansas
24 Anchorage Alaska
25 Huntington Beach California

http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/...081205libs.pdf

But only 4 CA cities are in top 25 most liberal, and three of them (San Fran, Oakland and Berkely) are basically one and same place

Table 2: Top Twenty-Five Most Liberal Cities
Rank City State
1 Detroit Michigan
2 Gary Indiana
3 Berkeley California
4 District of Columbia
5 Oakland California
6 Inglewood California
7 Newark New Jersey
8 Cambridge Massachusetts
9 San Francisco California
10 Flint Michigan
11 Cleveland Ohio
12 Hartford Connecticut
13 Paterson New Jersey
14 Baltimore Maryland
15 New Haven Connecticut
16 Seattle Washington
17 Chicago Illinois
18 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
19 Birmingham Alabama
20 St. Louis Missouri
21 New York New York
22 Providence Rhode Island
23 Minneapolis Minnesota
24 Boston Massachusetts
25 Buffalo New York

[foadi]

why are you surprised by that? california is a huge diverse state and southern california (sans LA county) was a conservative stronghold until recently.

[jmqueen]

Well, Cape Coral, FL was on my list of places to consider moving to later this year. It just came off my list.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by foadi

why are you surprised by that? california is a huge diverse state and southern california (sans LA county) was a conservative stronghold until recently.

Surprised, because the State as whole is considered very liberal.

[shooting4life]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Surprised, because the State as whole is considered very liberal.

The population centers are very liberal (sf Bay Area and LA) but the rest of the state is conservative.

[foadi]

this list most only include cities of a certain size cuz i would consider newport more conservative than huntington, and places in southern orange county like coto de caza blow both out of the water.

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

I was surprised to learn that 7 out of 25 most conservative cities in US are in California.


Table 1: Top Twenty-Five Most Conservative Cities
Rank City State
1 Provo Utah
2 Lubbock Texas
3 Abilene Texas
4 Hialeah Florida
5 Plano Texas
6 Colorado Springs Colorado
7 Gilbert Arizona
8 Bakersfield California
9 Lafayette Louisiana
10 Orange California
11 Escondido California
12 Allentown Pennsylvania
13 Mesa Arizona
14 Arlington Texas
15 Peoria Arizona
16 Cape Coral Florida
17 Garden Grove California
18 Simi Valley California
19 Corona California
20 Clearwater Florida
21 West Valley City Utah
22 Oklahoma City Oklahoma
23 Overland Park Kansas
24 Anchorage Alaska
25 Huntington Beach California

http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/...081205libs.pdf

But only 4 CA cities are in top 25 most liberal, and three of them (San Fran, Oakland and Berkely) are basically one and same place

Table 2: Top Twenty-Five Most Liberal Cities
Rank City State
1 Detroit Michigan
2 Gary Indiana
3 Berkeley California
4 District of Columbia
5 Oakland California
6 Inglewood California
7 Newark New Jersey
8 Cambridge Massachusetts
9 San Francisco California
10 Flint Michigan
11 Cleveland Ohio
12 Hartford Connecticut
13 Paterson New Jersey
14 Baltimore Maryland
15 New Haven Connecticut
16 Seattle Washington
17 Chicago Illinois
18 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
19 Birmingham Alabama
20 St. Louis Missouri
21 New York New York
22 Providence Rhode Island
23 Minneapolis Minnesota
24 Boston Massachusetts
25 Buffalo New York

It is not really about where the biggest cities are located, it's about how much of the state's population is in cities versus in smaller towns. It's also about the characteristics of the cities. Are union jobs big there? Is the minority community big there? Is the religious community big there? Are jobs in the energy industry big there?

You're not going to see a lot of coal miners voting for Obama. You're not going to see a lot of automobile workers voting for Romney.

So it is normal for a blue city to be sitting in the middle of an otherwise red state, and for a blue state to have spots of dark red. It depends on various local conditions.

[TheHurricaneKid]

What about Jacksonville Florida, perhaps the largest conservative city in the South East?

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by foadi

this list most only include cities of a certain size cuz i would consider newport more conservative than huntington, and places in southern orange county like coto de caza blow both out of the water.

Yes, I think the city had to have a certain number of people in order to be on the list.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by kidkaos2

It is not really about where the biggest cities are located, it's about how much of the state's population is in cities versus in smaller towns. It's also about the characteristics of the cities. Are union jobs big there? Is the minority community big there? Is the religious community big there? Are jobs in the energy industry big there?

You're not going to see a lot of coal miners voting for Obama. You're not going to see a lot of automobile workers voting for Romney.

So it is normal for a blue city to be sitting in the middle of an otherwise red state, and for a blue state to have spots of dark red. It depends on various local conditions.

Well, number 4 most conservative city on the list is Hialeah, which is an all Latino city (92% speak Spanish) in South Florida, and many hold union jobs at MIA airport, so the 'minority' argument is not always true.