Who else thinks their city would vote against a gay marriage ban?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Just wondering.

Even though Minnesota has not had such a vote (thankfully!) I am pretty sure Mankato would vote against it if it happened. The vote against would probably be higher than Kerry's percentage.

[Boris]

I'll make a guess that 80% of my city would vote in favor of a gay marriage ban.

[Tender Branson]

I suppose my city would vote with about 55-65% against the ban  ...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Just wondering.

Even though Minnesota has not had such a vote (thankfully!) I am pretty sure Mankato would vote against it if it happened. The vote against would probably be higher than Kerry's percentage.

It's worth noting that, before 2004, the only place where that ever happened was Beverly Hills.  Not even Hollywood, Los Angeles, anything like that.  I doubt Mankato, Minnesota, would be breaking the same ground.

But since 2006 presented us with Arizona and South Dakota's weird results, who knows?  It depends on the type of ban.

I am reasonably sure that Tacoma would vote against a ban, although the least restrictive sort of ban might be close.

Those places have lots of minorities. Look at the CO and VA maps this year. There were pelnty of such places.

I'd estimate Mankato would vote about 57% against the ban.

I'll admit Minneapolis would vote against it, but with a smaller margin than Kerry's. Although it'd get crushed in just about all the white areas.

[nini2287]

Mine voted no 62%-38%.  It passed in the county where I work though (51-49).  Too bad the rest of the state didn't follow.

[Gabu]

I have no doubt in my mind that my city would vote against a gay marriage ban.

[bullmoose88]

I have no doubt in my mind that my city would vote against a gay marriage ban.

Would anywhere in canada vote for it? Save places in Alberta?

[Rob]

My city did vote against a gay marriage ban in 2004, but the county gave it a razor-thin lead.

[Gabu]

I have no doubt in my mind that my city would vote against a gay marriage ban.

Would anywhere in canada vote for it? Save places in Alberta?

I doubt there would be that many places.  The fact that our government legalized it nationwide while the American government is actively trying to ban it is a good example of the differences between the two nations on the topic.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Rural Ontario would likely vote strongly in favour of a ban; that issue is one reason for the astonishing collapse of the federal Liberals there.

[Everett]

The only reason why Berkeley could possibly vote against legalising gay marriage would be so that we don't come across as being too radical.

[Smash255]

my city would probably narrowly vote against the ban, though my portion of the city may narrowly vote in favor of it.  Nassau County would vote against the ban.

[Colin]

I'm pretty sure my city would vote for a ban. Pittsburgh is a very socially conservative place so I would find it unlikely, barring something like what happened in Arizona, that it would pass.

[Jake]

My County would give it 75-80% in favor of a ban. Town would be about the same.

[7,052,770]

I don't know the exact numbers for the 2004 ban, but I'm sure Madison went +90% in favor.

[Alcon]

Just wondering.

Even though Minnesota has not had such a vote (thankfully!) I am pretty sure Mankato would vote against it if it happened. The vote against would probably be higher than Kerry's percentage.

It's worth noting that, before 2004, the only place where that ever happened was Beverly Hills.  Not even Hollywood, Los Angeles, anything like that.  I doubt Mankato, Minnesota, would be breaking the same ground.

But since 2006 presented us with Arizona and South Dakota's weird results, who knows?  It depends on the type of ban.

I am reasonably sure that Tacoma would vote against a ban, although the least restrictive sort of ban might be close.

Those places have lots of minorities. Look at the CO and VA maps this year. There were pelnty of such places.

I'd estimate Mankato would vote about 57% against the ban.

I'll admit Minneapolis would vote against it, but with a smaller margin than Kerry's. Although it'd get crushed in just about all the white areas.

What do minorities have to do with it?

[nclib]

I'm sure Chapel Hill would vote against a gay marriage ban.

[nclib]

Just wondering.

Even though Minnesota has not had such a vote (thankfully!) I am pretty sure Mankato would vote against it if it happened. The vote against would probably be higher than Kerry's percentage.

It's worth noting that, before 2004, the only place where that ever happened was Beverly Hills.  Not even Hollywood, Los Angeles, anything like that.  I doubt Mankato, Minnesota, would be breaking the same ground.

But since 2006 presented us with Arizona and South Dakota's weird results, who knows?  It depends on the type of ban.

I am reasonably sure that Tacoma would vote against a ban, although the least restrictive sort of ban might be close.

Those places have lots of minorities. Look at the CO and VA maps this year. There were pelnty of such places.

I'd estimate Mankato would vote about 57% against the ban.

I'll admit Minneapolis would vote against it, but with a smaller margin than Kerry's. Although it'd get crushed in just about all the white areas.

What do minorities have to do with it?

I suppose he's saying that minorities are more likely to support a gay marriage ban (and of course are highly likely to vote for Kerry).

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Just wondering.

Even though Minnesota has not had such a vote (thankfully!) I am pretty sure Mankato would vote against it if it happened. The vote against would probably be higher than Kerry's percentage.

It's worth noting that, before 2004, the only place where that ever happened was Beverly Hills.  Not even Hollywood, Los Angeles, anything like that.  I doubt Mankato, Minnesota, would be breaking the same ground.

But since 2006 presented us with Arizona and South Dakota's weird results, who knows?  It depends on the type of ban.

I am reasonably sure that Tacoma would vote against a ban, although the least restrictive sort of ban might be close.

Those places have lots of minorities. Look at the CO and VA maps this year. There were pelnty of such places.

I'd estimate Mankato would vote about 57% against the ban.

I'll admit Minneapolis would vote against it, but with a smaller margin than Kerry's. Although it'd get crushed in just about all the white areas.

What do minorities have to do with it?

Because they tend to be socially conservative even if they vote Democratic. Duh. Look at don's precinct map.

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The only reason why Berkeley could possibly vote against legalising gay marriage would be so that we don't come across as being too radical.

There no way they'd vote against it. The California state legislature already approved gay marriage, it just got vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger.

They also approved inflation adjusted minimum wage, a coalition to get around the electoral college, and single payer universal health care, which Arnold also vetoed.

[WalterMitty]

medford:  probably, but it might be close.

somerville and cambridge:  definitely

boston:  probably, but the blacks and hispanics would likely vote for it.  and what is left of the irish working class would support it as well.

[Alcon]

I suppose he's saying that minorities are more likely to support a gay marriage ban (and of course are highly likely to vote for Kerry).

Surprisingly, there were weird ethnic results in 2006.  In Arizona, it seemed as if Hispanics leaned slightly yes (not by all that much, but certainly it was a lot different than the Democratic vote).  Whites were pretty even (which was a major improvement for the "liberal" side there).  Native Americans, weirdly enough, seemed to lean no the most of all.  Not by anything near party voting results, but the measure seemed to get killed on most of the Apache Rez.

In South Dakota, I don't have precinct results, but it looks like whites narrowly supported it, while Native Americans moderately rejected it (thanks to Shannon County's information).  There were some exceptions - Corson County passed it fairly handily, and that's a pretty Indian area, but turnout swings wildly (just look how it changed from Bush to Kerry 2000 to 2004 - that wasn't just changed minds - it was some unusually hardcore Lakota turnout.  That vanished by 2006, I'd wager.)

Black support remained steady at nearly universal - although all of the states this year that had predominately Black areas that I am aware of (Arizona probably has some, but it's hard to find what precincts they are) were in the South.   Northern blacks might be different.

EDIT: Corson voted yes on abortion, not on the gay marriage ban.  I can't find any Indian counties that aren't Mormon Indians where it did well.

[platypeanArchcow]

Palo Alto would definitely vote against it.  I think at some point the school board passed a resolution favoring gay marriage.

I don't know much about Pasadena politics, but I imagine it's pretty liberal.  A former mayor was the Green Party House candidate this year.  On the other hand, there are a lot of Hispanics.