Dallas More Liberal Than Austin? That's Weird

[crispini]

Ha ha ha ha ha! I can't wait to see the reaction of some of my Austin friends here. :rofl:

AUSTIN -- The "Live Music Capitol of the World" where trendy residents like to "Keep Austin Weird" just got a shock.

Dallas has dented Austin's reputation as the most liberal city in Texas.

According to the Bay Area Center for Voting Research, a nonprofit think tank based in Berkeley, Calif., "Big D" is a more liberal city than Austin based on results from the 2004 presidential election.

The group ranked 237 cities, placing Dallas at No. 32. Austin? Way back at No. 93, just ahead of Virginia Beach and Salt Lake City. Now that's weird.

more...
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4843255/detail.html

Actually, it's not weird at all... Dallas is a bigger city so it probably has, numerically, more Kerry voters in 2004 -- if that's how the center did that -- I wonder -- it seems kind of stupid not to adjust for population though. :shrug:

[girl gone mad]

1. I believe it.

Dallas has gotten very liberal over the past few years. The cons have moved out into the burbs.

I think Kerry could have won Dallas if he had sent Edwards out here.

I live in Denton. It's mostly brainwashed Bushies in my immediate area, but I think there is a healthy liberal atmosphere closer to UNT. It's sort of like how I hear Austin was 20 to 30 years ago.

[Lithos]

2. Depends on how you slice things too

Dallas is blue if you exclude the Park Cities and the suburbs. I also think it is a softer blue as well in that it is more centrist than Austin. (The median is bluer, but the mode is redder)



L-

[crispini]

4. This study is based on Dallas, city of, proper.

[demily]

3. ?????

But Travis County went blue and Dallas County didn't. I don't get it. I've always heard the 78704 zip code (where I live -- just south of downtown austin) is the most liberal in texas.

:wtf:

Well this is anecdotal, but let me just say, I've lived in Mesquite Texas, Denton Texas, and Austin Texas, and seems to me that Austin is the most liberal by a MILE.

[crispini]

6. Again, they've got to be talking about the city,

not the county. Which, I have to admit, I have not done the math to compare the city to the county, but the county was almost at 50%, right down the middle.

I went to the study website and they're claiming that the city went Dem by 75%!!!!! Dayum! Obviously, a percent is adjusted for population -- which makes sense, I would have thought they were really dumb if they'd overlooked that.

[Gato Moteado]

5. i got out of there just in time

before the red tide washed over it.