” new nationwide study released by the nonpartisan Bay Area Center for Voting Research (BACVR) ranks the political leanings of every American city and finds that Detroit, Michigan is the most liberal and Provo, Utah the most conservative.”
“Detroit, MI, and Provo, UT, epitomize Americas political, economic and racial polarization, says Peter Thai, a BACVR researcher. As the most conservative city in America, Provo is overwhelmingly white and solidly middle class. This is in stark contrast to Detroit, which is impoverished, black and the most liberal.
Gary, Indiana, a rust belt former steel town, comes in as Americas second most liberal city, followed by Berkeley, California, which ranks third. Washington, D.C. comes in as the fourth most liberal and Oakland, California comes in fifth.”
MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY.....
Another triumph of liberalism!
Only the steel mills on the south shore of Lake Michigan are keeping Gary out of bankruptcy. They may be mostly owned by foreign companies now, but they are still there making steel. Their property taxes alone keep Gary afloat.
The solidy middle class thing is a crock. Provo is a college town with a goodly percentage of their student population living below the poverty level in substandard housing. The biggest difference is in attitudes. People in Provo work to get themselves out of poverty. People in Detroit wait for the next government handout.