The most liberal and conservative big cities in America, in one chart

[KamaAina]

http://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/8/9/5983959/the-most-liberal-and-conservative-big-cities-in-america-in-one-chart

Even the most conservative cities in America are barely right of center, as this great chart from the Economist shows:

It's no surprise that most big cities are left of center, as the Pew Research Center points out. What's interesting is how liberal even the median big city is. Cincinnati, for example, hangs around the center of big cities' political spectrum, but the Economist's chart shows it's still fairly liberal.

For another look at the liberal and conservative towns and cities each state, check out this map from Business Insider:

Touchdown 49ers! Some surprises there: NOLA is farther down the list than I would have expected. And East Hartford, conservative bastion of CT, has a sizable Latino population. Meanwhile, the conservative bastion of HI, Hale'iwa, is a surfer town! :shurg:

[Jamaal510]

1. I see SF

is staying true to its liberal reputation (with Oakland not far behind). From this graph, I was amazed at how conservative San Jose, L.A., and Honolulu were, though. They were around the middle of the pack, but I expected them to be a little more liberal than they turned out to be because San Jose is in the Bay Area, while L.A. has Hollywood and Honolulu is in the bluest state in the U.S.

[KamaAina]

5. Now you know how I feel trying to organize down here

while looking longingly north to The City and East Bay.

As for Hawai'i, there are plenty of DINOs there; for historical reasons dating back to the plantation era, it's nearly impossible to get elected with an (R) after your name, except in a few haole enclaves, so many R's-at-heart register Dem. When uber-homophobe state Sen. Mike Gabbard switched parties, the Dems actually had to caucus to decide if they would take him!

[MrScorpio]

2. Hence why DC is like a second home to me

If I could afford to live there, I'd be there right now.

[JackRiddler]

3. NYC: We still had 20 years of Giuliani & Bloomberg.

And 12 years of Koch.

[nomorenomore08]

4. I figured Anaheim would be up near Mesa. And I'm surprised how low down Buffalo is. n/t