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Calcowgirl is right that local communities cannot be painted in black and white. Alot of them tend to swing from conservative to liberal. Especially in counties, it tends to vary a lot from town to town. There are undoubtedly solid conservatives living somewhere in L.A., and undoubtedly Marxist Democrats in downstate Illinois.

But as long as Mojave wants to keep harping on how L.A. was supposedly filled with "conservative" activists when Reagan lived there, and how Dixon was full of "liberals" that tried to indoctrinate Reagan to liberalism, here's the election results from 1980. Almost 30 years ago. Let's see how the people who knew him best voted back then.

PRESIDENT 1980

Lee County, Illinois
Reagan (R) 73.7% 11,373
Carter (D) 20.5% 3,170
Anderson (I) 5.1% 781
Other 0.7% 114

Los Angeles County, California
Reagan (R) 50.2% 1,224,533
Carter (D) 40.2% 979,830
Anderson (I) 7.2% 175,882
Other 2.5% 59,940

SOURCE: http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS

Reagan barely won over 50% in "home" county where he was living in 1980 (probably because overall the CITY of Los Angeles IS NOT CONSERVATIVE), but won his childhood home in a huge landslide.

Do you still think L.A. was "more conservative" than Dixon back in the Reagan era?

Mojave, when you're in a hole, you should learn when to stop digging.

Dixon was full* of "liberals" that tried* to indoctrinate Reagan

*Strawmen.

The Ronald Reagan that emerged from Dixon wound up a liberal Democrat. Ronald Reagan developed into a conservative Republican in California.

You refuse to confront these facts, understandably preferring to dance around them.

Mojave, when you're in a hole, you should learn when to stop digging.

You would do well to take your own advice.