most left wing major city in America

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SF.

A better question would've been which is the 2nd most left wing.

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How does Portland have two votes? Its not that liberal.

King and Multnomah counties both voted 60 or so percent Gore. But unlike Portland/Multnomah, Seattle had over 1 million suburbanites in its county to bring its number down.

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Portland might not be the most Democratic city but it's arguably the most leftist city (yes, even on economics). It's not upscale outside of a few hilly neighborhoods on the westside and has a disproportional large lower middle class alt community that I'd argue is lacking in SF and Seattle. If we had a significant left-wing third party candidate ala Nader in 2000, Portland would probably give him/her the largest percentage of the vote at this point. Portland keeps attracting more and more young adults without gentrifying rapidly.

Portland's numbers never live up to the hype. But I'm listening. Show me some data. Present some facts.

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NYC also has a history of being more economically left-wing. The American Labor Party had a couple Congressional seats at one point in the 1940s, and of course Wallace did unusually well there in 1948. (on that note, the Socialist Party was very strong in Milwaukee, even having the Mayor as late as 1960. Seattle also had some mid-century leftism, with the general strike , a member of Congress who was probably a Communist, and the Washington Commonwealth Federation).

Anyway, I guess it depends how you look at it. If you picked gun control as an issue, NYC would most definitely be at the front.

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I can't think of anything. You're supposed to convince me!