Liberal cities in conservative states

[buritobr]

Looking at the electoral maps, it is possible to find these examples

New Orleans
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Austin

Los Angeles and San Francisco
Portland
Seattle (if we consider that the Pacific states are still conservative)

[Goldwater]

New Orleans and Austin are the only ones that are actually in conservative states.

[Boston Bread]

Salt Lake City (suburbs are insane though)
Lawrence

[Sol]

There are a bunch, so I won't list all of them. But generally D cities in conservative states will generally be heavily minority, or hipster havens, often with a college town element. Or both. There is generally not going to be much of a D-leaning constituency that doesn't belong to the two previous demographics.  Obviously there are exceptions, but that's generally what the D-voting cities in most of atlas blue America are.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

STL, MO
Charleston, WVA
Indianapolis, IND
Wake Forest, NC
Atlanta, GA
Phoenix, AZ

[Bandit3 the Worker]

It's easier to list conservative cities in conservative states - if we're just talking about actual central cities (not suburbs).

In most central cities these days, the average person is about as conservative as I am.

I remember posting here about how Obama had won 10 of Kentucky's 11 largest cities.

[Goldwater]

It's easier to list conservative cities in conservative states - if we're just talking about actual central cities (not suburbs).

In most central cities these days, the average person is about as conservative as I am.

I remember posting here about how Obama had won 10 of Kentucky's 11 largest cities.

lol

[Libertarian Socialist Dem]

Jackson, Mississippi is perhaps one of the best examples that I can think of.

[ElectionsGuy]

There are a crap load. Cities are usually much more liberal than outside areas. In fact, I'll do one for every state Romney won.

AL - Montgomery
AK - Juneau
AZ - Tucson
AR - Little Rock
GA - Atlanta
ID - Boise
IN - Indianapolis
KS - Lawrence
KY - Louisville
LA - New Orleans
MS - Jackson
MO - Kansas City
MT - Missoula
NE - Lincoln
NC - Durham
ND - Fargo?
OK - ?
SC - Columbia
SD - Sioux Falls?
TN - Nashville
TX - Austin
UT - Salt Lake City
WV - Charleston?
WY - Laramie?

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

It's easier to list conservative cities in conservative states - if we're just talking about actual central cities (not suburbs).

In most central cities these days, the average person is about as conservative as I am.

I remember posting here about how Obama had won 10 of Kentucky's 11 largest cities.

Besides Louisville, Lexington, and Frankfort, which cities in Kentucky voted for Obama?

Oh, and there are a ton of Conservatives in Louisville.  Jefferson county was less than 55% Democrat and before Yarmuth there was a Republican Representative for the third district.  And parts of Oldham County are populated by Conservative people who used to live in Louisville.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Besides Louisville, Lexington, and Frankfort, which cities in Kentucky voted for Obama?

Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow, Silver Grove, Woodlawn, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Henderson, Morehead, Ashland, Paducah, Kenton Vale, Berea, Elizabethtown, Winchester, Richmond, Lebanon, Warsaw, Carrollton...

[Del Tachi]

Jackson, Mississippi is perhaps one of the best examples that I can think of.

Sure, Jackson may be one of the most Democratic-voting cities in the country but I don't think it could be called particularly liberal.

As far as the OP's question, I think that Austin, Atlanta, and Salt Lake.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Besides Louisville, Lexington, and Frankfort, which cities in Kentucky voted for Obama?

Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow, Silver Grove, Woodlawn, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Henderson, Morehead, Ashland, Paducah, Kenton Vale, Berea, Elizabethtown, Winchester, Richmond, Lebanon, Warsaw, Carrollton...

Is this 2008, or 2012?

Everyone from Carrollton who I've met seems like the type of person who would vote Republican.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Is this 2008, or 2012?

2012.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Is this 2008, or 2012?

2012.

I imagine that it was close in most of those cities?  Because Romney won Carroll County, Christian County, etc.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I imagine that it was close in most of those cities?  Because Romney won Carroll County, Christian County, etc.

It was pretty close in most of them.

[Mr. Illini]

1) It's not a hard phenomena to observe at all considering basically every municipality that would be considered a major city in the United States voted for Obama.

2) Saying that Illinois is a conservative state without Chicago is a standard that could be applied to practically every state outside of New England. Rural areas tend to be very conservative and so, yeah, if you take the cities out of states, the states are conservative.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I remember posting here about how Obama had won 10 of Kentucky's 11 largest cities.

\And still get whooped in Kentucky both times.

[CountryClassSF]

California without 3rd world LA or SF would be a swing state.  Folks feel as if their voice does not matter in real CA

[Rockefeller GOP]

STL, MO
Charleston, WVA
Indianapolis, IND
Wake Forest, NC
Atlanta, GA
Phoenix, AZ

Would not put Indianapolis in here at ALL.

[justfollowingtheelections]

California without 3rd world LA or SF would be a swing state.  Folks feel as if their voice does not matter in real CA

Real California?  Give me a f***ing break.  

Even if you remove LA and SF county, Obama would have beaten Romney by 1.43 million votes and would have gotten more than 57% of the vote.


As for the question, I think Kansas City could also be described as a liberal city in a conservative state(s).

[justfollowingtheelections]

California without 3rd world LA or SF would be a swing state.  Folks feel as if their voice does not matter in real CA

Real California?  Give me a f***ing break.  

Even if you remove LA and SF county, Obama would have beaten Romney by 1.43 million votes and would have gotten more than 57% of the vote.


As for the question, I think Kansas City could also be described as a liberal city in a conservative state(s).

I think he means "White California". As in the one that gave us Nixon and Reagan.

Well that would be ban-worthy.

[IceSpear]

California without 3rd world LA or SF would be a swing state.  Folks feel as if their voice does not matter in real CA

Except the Republican dominated Deep South is much more like the third world than every other region.

[retromike22]

California without 3rd world LA or SF would be a swing state.  Folks feel as if their voice does not matter in real CA

So are L.A. and SF residents imaginary?

[Rockefeller GOP]

California without 3rd world LA or SF would be a swing state.  Folks feel as if their voice does not matter in real CA

Except the Republican dominated Deep South is much more like the third world than every other region.

Well, we can thank decades of Democratic rule there for that region lagging behind.