Urban GOP enclaves

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What causes them is simple. Whites live there.

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What causes them is simple. Whites live there.

That's probably the case with a lot of the Southern cities Miles mentioned, but in the rest of the country, Urban whites are still mostly democratic.

There are some numbers of such voters in cities elsewhere.

See San Diego.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/nov/13/it-was-golden-hill-v-fairbanks-election-day/


Or, say, see Cincinnati.

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What causes them is simple. Whites live there.

Don't you live in Philadelphia?

Yes. Democrats certainly win Philadelphia whites but they do not get 95% of them.

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That's the entire county, Krazen. Obama likely won whites living in the city.

Possibly. Nevertheless, the original topic was enclaves. There is quite clearly such an enclave in La Jolla, for example.

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That's the entire county, Krazen. Obama likely won whites living in the city.

Possibly. Nevertheless, the original topic was enclaves. There is quite clearly such an enclave in La Jolla, for example.

Obama has carried the La Jolla area of the City of San Diego twice now by a few points. It is one of those wealthy white areas that has moved left. Heck UC San Diego is right next door, and Asians are around in significant numbers to boot.

Ah. I added up the precincts on the map, and the total I came up with was 50.4% Obama 49.6% Romney of the 2 party vote.

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How do you know which ones are La Jolla?  I "knew" because I looked at the precinct sheets for the precincts labeled "La Jolla," downloaded from  the San Diego County registrar's website

Yes, I just eyeballed it, but it looked more like say 52-48 Obama to me.

Click on the enlarged map and click on the precincts. I think there are about 18 or so, including 9 or 10 in a tight circle which Romney won. There are some Obama precincts on the coast itself and further south closer to Pacific Beach, which look like the hipsters and surfers.


San Diego City is 40% D 27% R by registration. The state as a whole is 44% D 29% R.