Liberal Places/Conservative Places

[Virginian87]

Conservatives -
Princeton-like places

I'd hardly call Princeton conservative.

Well, as far as Ivies go, Princeton University is certainly conservative.  Probably not as conservative as Dartmouth, though.

I would think the town is split.

[Virginian87]

In Virginia:

Most liberal places:

Alexandria (Home of Jim Moran, by far the most liberal place in the state)
Pretty much all of Arlington County
Falls Church*
Reston*
Charlottesville and Albemarle County (Thanks to UVA)
Richmond (city, not suburbs)

*Surprisingly, Fairfax County is not as liberal as one would think.  Only some communities are really liberal (Falls Church, Reston, Springfield/Annandale); many are about 50-50 politically (Fairfax City, Vienna, Great Falls, Chantilly/Centreville are like this).  After all, there are two Republican Congressmen here (Frank Wolf and Tom Davis).

Most Conservative Places:

Richmond suburbs (excluding Henrico County) -this would be Chesterfield and Hanover counties
Virginia Beach (Home of Pat Robertson)
Norfolk/Portsmouth/Suffolk
Lynchburg and environs (Home of Jerry Falwell)
Danville and Pittsylvania County
The upper Shenandoah Valley

[Virginian87]

The top 5 research universities are all in very liberal cities.

They were
- Stanford in Palo Altio, CA 77.71% Kerry
- UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA 91.22% Kerry
- Univ. Michigan in Ann Harbor, MI not sure how much Kerry
- Cornell in Ithaca, NY low '80s Kerry
- Univ. Wisconsin in Madison, WI, around 80% Kerry I think

Palo Alto might be the most conservative, but East Palo Alto went 88.66% Kerry.

I agree with Q.  You're an idiot if you call this list of random universities the top 5 research institutions in America.  That list is worse than U.S. News.