NEW STUDY RANKS AMERICA’S MOST LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE CITIES

Bay Area Center for Voting Research ^ | August 11, 2005 | Bay Area Center for Voting Research

[Tribune7]

We should be mortal enemies, shouldn't we? ;-)

Nah, Freepers should never be enemies :-)

[LilDarlin]

I wonder if it is possible to list the 25 top cities for the most minorities and the 25 top cities with the fewest minorities.

Further, I wonder if the two lists would have a high coorelation?

[FeliciaCat]

Ok, so what did GETREAL say to me? (I checked my Posts this morning and the one from him was deleted by Mod) Anything good? ;)

[GOP_Raider]

He mentioned something about sending "blacks to labor camps" and "White Power". This had DU rifraff written all over it.

[Clemenza]

Hialeah (the #4 MOST CONSERVATIVE city according to this survey) is about 90% Hispanic. Of course, since Cuban Americans are the largest voting block in Hialeah (although they are declining as they move out to nicer towns), it should be no surprise that it voted so heavily Republican in 2004.

[AuH2ORepublican]

That study is just absurd. Allentown, PA was one of the "most conservative" cities in America according to the survey, and ìt gave President Bush only 37.29% in 2000 and probably not more than 40% in 2004.

Of course, maybe they meant something else with "conservative," such as how people dress or what sort of nocturnal entertainment is allowed. But if so, why did they say that it was based on the 2004 presidential elections?

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Yes, there is a Peoria Arizona. I live about five miles from the city limits. You can find it in MapQuest!

[Yaelle]

I can't believe all the SoCal cities that made the list! Woohoo! I am thrilled that Huntington Beach is on there because we may not live there but we spend a lot of time there. And L.A. did not make the 25 most liberal! Yeeah-ha-ha! (Or did the illegal aliens skew the polling??)

[Yaelle]

"Impoverished, black and mostly liberal...."

and there is NO connection, eh?

Yeah, it aint working, folks...

[Yaelle]

OK, if we are doing songs about our conservative towns on the list... Here's Huntington Beach!

(Brian Wilson/Jan Berry)
I bought a pretty cool wagon and we call it a woody
(Surf City, here we come)
You know, it's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goody
(Surf City, here we come)
Well, it ain't got a backseat or a rear window
But it still gets me where I wanna go
Chorus:
And we're goin' Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' Surf City, gonna have some fun
Yeah we're goin' Surf City, 'cause it's two to one
You know we're goin' Surf City, gonna have some fun, now
They say they never roll the scoops, because there's always
something goin'
(Surf City, here we come)
You know, they're either out surfin' or they got a party growin'
(Surf City, here we come)
Well it's two swingin' honey for every guy
And all you gotta do is just wink your eye
(chorus)
And if my woody breaks down, I'll get somewhere as a surfer
(Surf City, here we come)
I'll strap my board to my back and hitch a ride in my wet-suit
(Surf City, here we come)
And when I get to Surf City, I'll be shootin' the curl
And checkin' out the parties for surfer girls
(chorus)

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Most of the hispanic political stickers here in Phoenix are "viva Bush." I don't remember seeing many pro-Kerry stickers around the south side of town but maybe I don't know enough swear words in Spanish.

I like the stick figure family stickers they put on their cars, although I worry about how safe it is to publicly give the names of their kids. But it's cool that they are proud of their families!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Great post!

[LifeOrGoods?]

Greenville, South Carolina is a very conservative city, home of Bob Jones University.

[Tall_Texan]

Ok, which conservative ruined the curve for Berzerkley?

C'mon. Fess up. I know it was one of you.

[EveningStar]

Bump. My town made the second list. :)

[TypeZoNegative]

Only # 23? That survey is either skewed or they included Saint Paul.

[mware]

13 Paterson New Jersey... where some of the 911 terrorist stayed until their attack

7 Newark New Jersey... the city that some of the terrorist flew out of on 911

[RainMan]

If you download the entire list, Madison is number 33.

26 - 50 are

26 - New Orleans
27 - Ann Arbor
28 - Jersey City
29 - Portland, OR
30 - Daly City, CA
31 - Atlanta
32 - Hayward, CA
33 - Madison, WI
34 - Pittsburg
35 - St Paul, MN
36 - LA
37 - Rochester, NY
38 - Memphis
39 - Vallejo, CA
40 - Milwaukee
41 - Dayton, OH
42 - Bridgeport, CT
43 - Springfield, MA
44 - Syracuse
45 - Jackson, MS
46 - Akron, OH
47 - Denver
48 - Richmond, VA
49 - El Monte, CA
50 - Pasadena, CA

[troutsnifferextraordinaire]

Question: aside from being equidistant from Detroit Metro Airport (and this study), I’d like to hear one similarity between the number one liberal city (detroit) and the number twenty-seven (ann arbor)? The term liberal seems to have a very elusive practical definition, no? As for what the study “proves” with regard to population growth/contraction, let’s not forget our psych 101 class—correlation does not necessarily imply causality.

[Erik Latranyi]

That study is just absurd. Allentown, PA was one of the "most conservative" cities in America according to the survey...

I caught that as well.

ABE has been drifting more and more liberal as its population grows from those fleeing Philadelphia.

I don't think it deserves to be on the conservative list.