Conservative Cities in Liberal States

[TJ in Oregon]

We have another thread for the easy topic, but how about the opposite? What are some conservative cities in liberal states?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Isn't Waterbury CT very conservative?

[HAnnA MArin County]

Isn't Waterbury CT very conservative?

Waterbury, CT — 2012
Obama (D) 20,931 (64.92%)
Romney (R) 11,043 (34.25%)

No, it's not.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Isn't Waterbury CT very conservative?

Waterbury, CT — 2012
Obama (D) 20,931 (64.92%)
Romney (R) 11,043 (34.25%)

No, it's not.

Their newspaper is extremely conservative.

[seb_pard]

mmmm

Colorado Springs, CO
Bakersfield, CA

[HAnnA MArin County]

If you're just going off presidential voting patterns, here are some of the most populated (over 100,000) conservative/Romney cities in California from largest to smallest.

Bakersfield (347,483) — Romney 55.34% - Obama 42.79% = R+ 12.55
Huntington Beach (189,992) — Romney 56.53% - Obama 40.98% = R+ 15.55
Santa Clarita (176,320) — Romney 52.32% - Obama 45.10% = R+ 7.22
Rancho Cucamonga (165,269) — Romney 49.65% - Obama 48.35% = R+ 1.30
Corona (152,374) — Romney 50.61% - Obama 47.12% = R+ 3.49
Escondido (143,911) — Romney 53.17% - Obama 44.67% = R+ 8.50
Orange (136,416) — Romney 54.64% - Obama 42.88% = R+ 11.76
Fullerton (135,161) — Romney 49.26% - Obama 48.08% = R+ 1.18
Thousand Oaks (126,683) — Romney 51.70% - Obama 46.14% = R+ 5.56
Visalia (124,442) — Romney 58.98% - Obama 38.95% = R+ 20.03
Simi Valley (124,237) — Romney 54.90% - Obama 42.78% = R+ 12.12
Roseville (118,788) — Romney 56.83% - Obama 40.95% = R+ 15.88
Costa Mesa (109,960) — Romney 48.78% - Obama 47.84% = R+ 0.94
Carlsbad (105,328) — Romney 53.31% - Obama 44.76% = R+ 8.55
Murrieta (103,466) — Romney 61.58% - Obama 36.52% = R+ 25.06
Temecula (100,097) — Romney 61.05% - Obama 36.83% = R+ 24.22

[136or142]

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

[HAnnA MArin County]

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%

[136or142]

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.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Spokane, Washington?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

With Maryland becoming more liberal lately, isn't Salisbury still very conservative? Or maybe Cumberland?

[nclib]

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

[Bandit3 the Worker]

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.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

An example of a conservative Cincinnati suburb is Loveland. Loveland is the only city I know of anywhere in the nation where city council passed a resolution endorsing Republican efforts to impeach Bill Clinton.

[Boston Bread]

Isn't Manchester, NH still more Republican than the state as a whole? I believe it voted for Bush in 2004 and its county has mostly trended R since then while the western/northern parts of the state trended D.

[136or142]

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.

[TJ in Oregon]

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.

That doesn't really mean much. Yes, the Cincinnati are very conservative, but being represented for a few years by Jean Schmidt (who ended up losing in the primary) isn't all that illustrative. Schmidt's voting record wasn't all that unusual for an Ohio Republican (she wasn't the most conservative and some vaguely pro-union views). The thing about her was she was a little more... outspoken.

[136or142]

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?

[TJ in Oregon]

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?

It was certainly a major factor. A lot of normally Republican voters seemed to consistently break against her, particularly in wealthy suburban areas. She generally did fine in the counties up the river. Obviously her "cowards" remark about the Iraq War was her biggest gaffe, but she the fact that she was very unapologetic about her social conservatism probably turned people off a bit too. She also had some weird election fights with one of her opponents who went after her for refusing to take a stand on the Armenian genocide.

When she actually lost to Wenstrup, I think a lot of Republicans who more or less agree with Schmidt voted against her because they felt Wenstrup could do the job with less drama. He's also a veteran, which is a key distinction as Schmidt was occasionally called a chicken hawk. Wenstrup also ran as something of a Tea Partier to Schmidt's right on a most economic issues. Strangely one could easily paint Schmidt as losing the primary for being too moderate, although I doubt many people would really make that argument given the media characterizations.

[136or142]

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.

[Mr. Illini]

Bloomington-Normal, IL is a very conservative community relative to the state of Illinois. It is much more conservative than similar micro-cities downstate such as Champaign-Urbana, Peoria, and Springfield.

The city of Bloomington voted for Romney 50-47% in 2012. 59-35% for Rauner this year. This despite an out-of-town university population. Native Bloomingtonians are very Republican.

Compare to Obama receiving 63% in my city of Champaign in 2012. The cities are less than an hour away from each other and both have large state universities.

[DS0816]

Question: Does any of the Atlas membership packages contain election results which are city by city?

[Maxwell]

Jacksonville, Florida? Though Florida is a swing state.

[Miles]

The Grand Rapids, MI area is pretty Republican.

Question: Does any of the Atlas membership packages contain election results which are city by city?

You can get town results for many midwestern/northeastern states.

[TDAS04]

Virginia Beach?  Maybe Springfield, IL?