Posted on 08/11/2005 7:22:13 AM PDT by TruthFactor
Detroit is the most liberal U.S. city while Provo, Utah, is the most conservative, a study of voting patterns indicates.
The list was compiled by the Bay Area Center for Voting Research in California through an examination of voting in 237 U.S. cities with populations of more than 100,000.
"Detroit and Provo epitomize America's political, economic and racial polarization," BACVR Director Jason Alderman said in a release Thursday. "As the most conservative city in America, Provo is overwhelmingly white and solidly middle class. This is in stark contrast to Detroit, which is impoverished, black and the most liberal."
Gary, Ind., was found to be the second-most liberal followed by Berkeley, Calif.; Washington; and Oakland, Calif. The group that did the ranking is based in Berkeley, not far from Oakland.
Texas, home to President George Bush, has three of the five most conservative cities, as determined by BACVR, including Lubbock and Abilene in the Nos. 2 and 3 spots and Plano in the fifth spot. Hialeah, Fla., was ranked fourth. BACVR offered no detailed breakdown of its methodology.
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Labor unions run amok. And you can see the results.
What a surprise....
no surprise here...
Detroit is lost. So sad.
And look at how Detroit has prospered as a result of liberalism!
Now I just have to convince the wife to move to Provo!
so do we all move to provo to be among compatriots, or to detroit to try and reform it?
Doesn't Detroit have that rather unusual mayor, Kwame something or other? I have read that he seems rather fond of spreading taxpayer money around for his own benefit. Is that correct?
Will wonders never cease!?
I would have thought Boston was the most liberal. I just thought Detroit was the dumbest city.
Draw your own conclusions.
In the 50's Detroit was one of the most vibrant cities in the nation. It's population was 2M, it was clean and the neighborhoods were beautiful.
Today the population has fallen to less than 900K, the crime rate is sky high, it's filthy, it's city services don't work and it's city government is corrupt beyond imagination.
It doesn't suprise me one iota that's it's the most liberal city in the country.
Now what needs to be done is to analyze Detroits demographics to construct a picture of the average 'liberal' to be used in voiding identification with the RAT party.
I'm surprised Philadelphia isn't in the top 5 lib cities.
Hialeah Fla. is the fourth most conservative city? Interesting. Never would have guessed.
Kwame Kilpatrick...and yes he has a taste for the good life, at taxpayer expense.
I wonder what the results would be if they only counted legal votes.
The group offered no methodology for their findings. It's probably just beer bong talk coming our of Berkeley.
I have a hard time believing these statistics. I would have Santa Cruz, Berkeley, San Francisco, and any city in the Northeast ranked as more liberal.
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