Conservative cities are booming, liberal cities are dying
By Aaron
The Blue State Conservatives
The nonpartisan, Berkeley-based Bay Area Center for Voting Research (try saying that with a straight face) has come out with a new list of the most conservative and liberal cities with a population over 100,000.
The most conservative city in America: Provo, Utah.
The most liberal city in America: Detroit, Michigan.
I decided to combine U.S. Census info with this list to get an idea of how fast these areas are growing or shrinking. The numbers proved to be very, very bad for liberals. From 2000 to 2004, the top 25 conservative cities gained over 329,187 new residents while the top 25 liberal cities lost 175,863 people despite New York gaining over 95,000. So during Bush's first term, the conservative area gained over half million on liberal areas. Imagine what it is going to be like in another 4, 8 or 12 years.
Check out the growth numbers from 2000 to 2004. Cities with positive growth in bold, those with negative growth in italics
Top Conservative Cities:
1. Provo, Utah -5,542
2. Lubbock, Texas +8,288
3. Abilene, Texas -1,123
4. Hialeah, Florida -1,897
5. Plano, Texas +23,381
6. Colorado Springs, Colorado +8,473
7. Gilbert, Arizona +47,220
8. Bakersfield, California +36,879
9. Lafayette, Louisiana +1,709
10. Orange, California +4,998
11. Escondido, California +1,903
12. Allentown, Pennsylvania +100
13. Mesa, Arizona +41,079
14. Arlington, Texas +26,498
15. Peoria, Arizona +24,123
16. Cape Coral, Florida +25,699
17. Garden Grove, California +2,151
18. Simi Valley, California +7,542
19. Corona, California +20,432
20. Clearwater, Florida -181
21. West Valley City, Utah +3,782
22. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma +21,910
23. Overland Park, Kansas +13,648
24. Anchorage, Alaska +12,404
25. Huntington Beach, California +5,711
Top Liberal Cities:
1. Detroit, Michigan -51,472
2. Gary, Indiana -3,230
3. Berkeley, California -1,226
4. Washington, D.C. -18,563
5. Oakland, California -1,508
6. Inglewood, California +2,733
7. Newark, New Jersey +6,905
8. Cambridge, Massachusetts -584
9. San Francisco, California -32,503
10. Flint, Michigan -5,227
11. Cleveland, Ohio -19,719
12. Hartford, Connecticut +3,270
13. Paterson, New Jersey -1,647
14. Baltimore, Maryland -14,903
15. New Haven, Connecticut +1,203
16. Seattle, Washington +8,106
17. Chicago, Illinois -33,772
18. Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia -47,399
19. Birmingham, Alabama -9,670
20. St. Louis, Missouri -4,910
21. New York, New York +95,801
22. Minneapolis, Minnesota -8,675
23. Providence, Rhode Island +4,508
24. Boston, Massachusetts -20,976
25. New Orleans, Louisiana -22,405
UPDATE: I decided to dig farther into the list and see just how bad it is for liberals in the next 25 cities. Now, taking into account the top 50 cities of each the conservative areas gained over 668,426 people on the top liberal areas. The top 50 liberal cities lost 40,352, but even that number is misleading. Taking New York and Los Angeles out of the mix and liberal areas lost an incredible 287,874 in just four years.
Next 25 conservative cities:
26. Lancaster, California +10,210
27. Tulsa, Okalahoma -9,285
28. Rancho Cucamonga, California +31,603
29. Garland, Texas +1,408
30. Wichita, Kansas +9,539
31. Santa Clarita, California +13,712
32. Fullerton, California +7,436
33. Corpus Christi, Texas +3,742
34. Carrollton, Texas +8,247
35. Anaheim, California +5,762
36. Clarksville, Tennessee +5,517
37. Jacksonville, Florida +42,087
38. Glendale, Arizona +16,779
39. Waco, Texas +4,367
40. Pasadena, Texas +2,500
41. Chesapeake, Virginia +15,541
42. Scottsdale, Arizona +19,087
43. Springfield, Missouri -876
44. Fort Wayne, Indiana +13,624
45. Naperville, Illinois +11,748
46. Oceanside, California +6,409
47. Chandler, Arizona +47,410
48. Costa Mesa, California +1,687
49. Modesto, California +17,913
50. Sioux Falls, South Dakota +12,720
Next 25 liberal cities:
26. Buffalo, New York -9,784
27. Ann Arbor, Michigan -457
28. Jersey City, New Jersey -976
29. Portland, Oregon +4,371
30. Daly City, California -3,001
31. Atlanta, Georgia +2,648
32. Dallas, Texas +21,813
33. Hayward, California +765
34. Madison, Wisconsin +12,278
35. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia -12,113
36. Rochester, New York -7,292
37. St. Paul, Minnesota -10,188
38. Los Angeles, California +151,721
39. Memphis, Tennessee +21,829
40. Milwaukee, Wisconsin -13,350
41. Vallejo, California +1,589
42. Dayton, Ohio -5,886
43. Bridgeport, Connecticut +381
44. Springfield, Massachusetts +9
45. Syracuse, New York -4,205
46. Jackson, Mississippi -4,958
47. Akron, Ohio -4,895
48. Denver, Colorado +2,472
49. Richmond, Virginia -5,296
50. El Monte, California +6,158 |
