Cold Climates

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Let me know major exceptions in the US.

Suburbs are usually worse than rural areas (especially on economic issues).

[Bandit3 the Worker]

There are 3 glaring exceptions however. Colorado Springs, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. All 3 of these are heavily Republican.

Wichita is another screwed-up city like this.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Isn't the Dems more federal than the Reps, states rights, etc. and that explains urban/rural differences?

The Republicans support states' rights only when it suits their purposes.

For example, they want to pass a federal "right to work" law, which would be imposed on states that don't already have one. ("Right to work" is a big misnomer.) Yet they trot out the states' rights argument to justify opposing a federal law to prevent states from having "right to work" laws.

Republicans also want federal courts to annul Oregon's death with dignity law that was passed by that state's voters in a referendum.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Paris is *very* middle class and right wing, it's suburbs are poor and very left wing.

I was told Mexico City is like this too.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

It is: the PAN dominate the city, while the PRD dominate the "inner suburbs" of the Federal District.

I guess New York City is kind of like this in a way. I think Manhattan is more Republican than the Bronx is (even though Manhattan includes the city's downtown). Manhattan has a lot of expensive high-rises and stuff. Staten Island, however, is more Republican than either one, so that fits the usual pattern of outer parts of a city being more Republican.

I would bet that St. Louis is more Republican than East St. Louis, IL.