Conservative Cities in Liberal States

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I'd assume whatever city Paul Le Page was mayor of.

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I'd assume whatever city Paul Le Page was mayor of.

Waterville. And it is not conservative. They didn't even vote for him in 2014.

ME-GOV 2014 (Waterville)
Michael Michaud (D) 54.36%
Paul LePage (R) 38.61%
Eliot Cutler (I) 7.03%

ME-PRES 2012 (Waterville)
Barack Obama (D) 67.06%
Mitt Romney (R) 30.11%

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, ME-01
Chellie Pingree (D) 71.76%
Jonathan Courtney (R) 28.24%

Well that's just strange.

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Cincinnati voted solidly for Obama due to its black population but is quite conservative for a large city in a swing state.

Some of the suburbs are EXTREMELY conservative. I don't know if they should be counted here as cities, even if they are incorporated.

Also, Cincinnati's main newspaper - the Cincinnati Enquirer - is very, very conservative.

Well, 'mean' Jean' Schmidt used to represent part of the Cincinnati suburbs.

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Yes, she was very high profile for being a backbencher. Of course part of the reason for that is because she was elected in a special election which received a fair amount of coverage. Did her high profile cause her defeat in the primary?

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Thanks for the reply.  Although Schmidt won several elections, I also don't believe she ever really coalesced Republican supporters in her district behind her after her first, I believe, narrow primary win, though you would know more about that than me.