where are the hotbeds of the radical right?

[freepcrusher]

I'm not saying they would be a majority of the population (or even close to it) but where in your opinion have you either experienced it or heard about it influencing the culture?

I've heard that the inland northern part of San Diego County for years was a hotbed of racist activity. It was the headquarters of Tom Metzger who actually won nomination for a congressional seat in that area at one point.

I've also heard the Spokane-Courdalene area (which I've been to) is a hotbed of what I call "white zionists". A lot of expatriates from areas like Southern California who want to create a "Northwest White Homeland" Cour D'Alene and the panhandle in general I've heard has a lot of "National Socialist" type organizations so to speak.

[RedSLC]

Some ideas:

-Rural northern Alabama - Many of the counties here voted against lifting the interracial marriage ban in 2000, and I've also heard that it's one of the last remaining places in the united states where the KKK still has some influence.

-Elbert County, Colorado - Gave Tom Tancredo >60% of the vote in the 2010 gubernatorial race, and was his best performance in the entire state. Need I say more?

-Northern El Paso County, Colorado/South Denver metro area - This entire region in general seems to be a hotbed for both Radical anti-immigration activists (i.e. FAIR) and dominionist (i.e. focus on the family types). Elbert County probably counts, as part of this, but I wanted to mention it in particular.

-Most of WI-5 - Many of the suburbs here were spawned from the white flight phenomenon. Cities within the district include New Berlin, whose former mayor admitted that he had trouble going though with starting a mixed-income housing project because of the racism of the city's residents, and West Bend, where activists tried to remove books discussing homosexuality from the city libraries.

(All apologies to Waukesha County, BTW).

[jimrtex]

I've heard that the inland northern part of San Diego County for years was a hotbed of racist activity. It was the headquarters of Tom Metzger who actually won the nomination for a congressional seat in that area at one point.

1980 Democratic nomination.  The Carter-Metzger ticket was defeated in the general election by Reagan-Burgener.

[H. Ross Peron]

Colorado City, Arizona

Part of Orange County may count too (also this is fortunately getting less so in recent years)-it was a Birchite stronghold and elected Ron B Utt, John Schmitz, and Bob Dornan to Congress along. The Holocaust-denial organization, Institute for Historical Review is also headquartered here.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Suburban Cincinnati is a hotbed of fascist activity. The central cities, not so much.

[RedSLC]

Suburban Cincinnati is a hotbed of fascist activity. The central cities, not so much.

What's going on there?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I've heard that the inland northern part of San Diego County for years was a hotbed of racist activity. It was the headquarters of Tom Metzger who actually won the nomination for a congressional seat in that area at one point.

1980 Democratic nomination.  The Carter-Metzger ticket was defeated in the general election by Reagan-Burgener.

The DLC was around in 1980?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Suburban Cincinnati is a hotbed of fascist activity. The central cities, not so much.

What's going on there?

Suburban Cincinnati has been like the Tea Party on steroids for 25 years. Mostly religious extremists, union busters, dominionist whack-a-doodles, and overall terrorists.

The Campbell County school system is essentially a wholly owned subsidiary of the John Birch Society.

[Sol]

Suburban Cincinnati is a hotbed of fascist activity. The central cities, not so much.

What's going on there?

Bandit's a hack.

[DrScholl]

I've heard that the inland northern part of San Diego County for years was a hotbed of racist activity. It was the headquarters of Tom Metzger who actually won the nomination for a congressional seat in that area at one point.

1980 Democratic nomination.  The Carter-Metzger ticket was defeated in the general election by Reagan-Burgener.

It's important to note that Democrats did not endorse Metzger and Governor Brown endorsed Burgener. Right-wingers can win in Dem primaries sometimes. Democratic does not always equal left-wing.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The blue counties on this map:

[All Along The Watchtower]

White suburbia/exurbia.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Depends on what you mean by radical.  For instance Lexington County is definitely a hotbed of fiscal radicalism, but not of social radicalism, especially in comparison to the upstate.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Depends on what you mean by radical.  For instance Lexington County is definitely a hotbed of fiscal radicalism, but not of social radicalism, especially in comparison to the upstate.

Meh, they usually go hand-in-hand.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Depends on what you mean by radical.  For instance Lexington County is definitely a hotbed of fiscal radicalism, but not of social radicalism, especially in comparison to the upstate.

Meh, they usually go hand-in-hand.

Well, it's not the case you'd find an openly pro-choice Republican officeholder here in Lexington County, but you'd have to go the upstate to find the crazies who would think it would be a good thing for the General Assembly to pass a law that would ban abortion at six weeks and spend time and money in a fruitless defense of that law in the courts.

[Sol]

Exurban Atlanta?

[freepcrusher]

Exurban Atlanta?

well that's the area that spawned Larry McDonald (although that was 35 years ago)

[publicunofficial]

The Idaho Panhandle, The Texas Panhandle, The Oklahoma Panhandle, ect.

Hard-right conservatives are attracted to panhandles.

[RedSLC]

How could I have forgotten these places?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_City,_Arizona

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildale,_Utah

[Bandit3 the Worker]

How could I have forgotten these places?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_City,_Arizona

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildale,_Utah

Also this place...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria,_FL

Sounds like a town modeled after my high school.

[Indy Texas]

Montgomery County, Texas

This guy represents them in the State House, a real gem:
http://stevetothfortexas.com/about/

I'm not sure he got a single bill passed all session. He's the one who wanted to make it a crime to enforce federal gun laws.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Jmf is from there.

[Torie]

The blue counties on this map:

LOL. I am going to assume that was a jocular trolling attempt.

[tpfkaw]

[RedSLC]

Massachusetts a hotbed of the radical right? Wha?