Liberal cities in conservative states

[Boston Bread]

Salt Lake City (suburbs are insane though)
Lawrence

[Boston Bread]

The south was at one point much poorer relative to the country than it was today. The New Deal which was supported by most southern democrats was instrumental in bringing economic development and eventually urbanization to the south. Without the wealth it gained as a result, mid-century republican gains in the south would have slowed considerably. The reason why the south is poor began before the democratic solid south, when the region's economy was built on a mode of agriculture which relied on a large underclass.