Are there ANY urban areas trending GOP?

[greenforest32]

Nope. Republicans have never done well in urban areas. Just look at the municipal governments of NYC, Chicago, SF, etc. They're usually made up of 75-95% Democrats.

Perfect example is the Chicago City Council. It's got 50 members and after the most recent election 100% of the councilors are Democrats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_City_Council#Chicago_aldermen

[greenforest32]

Nope. Republicans have never done well in urban areas. Just look at the municipal governments of NYC, Chicago, SF, etc. They're usually made up of 75-95% Democrats.

Perfect example is the Chicago City Council. It's got 50 members and after the most recent election 100% of the councilors are Democrats.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_City_Council#Chicago_aldermen

An urban area doesn't have to vote Republican to be trending Republican, only less Democratic than it was before.

I know, I was just trying to point out how few elected Republicans there are in urban areas. As far as voting shifts go NYT has a good overview between the 1992-2008 presidential elections (push the 'voting shift' tab on the left): http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html