Most Liberal Cities and Counties in America

[ReaganLimbaugh]

Your thoughts

[mileslunn]

I would say top picks would be

Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Madison
Boston

A lot of the most Democrat have large African-American communities but aren't necessarily most liberal.  Generally the left of Democrat party tends to be whiter than the more moderate wing which is the most diverse group in country.

[ProgressiveModerate]

I would say top picks would be

Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Madison
Boston

A lot of the most Democrat have large African-American communities but aren't necessarily most liberal.  Generally the left of Democrat party tends to be whiter than the more moderate wing which is the most diverse group in country.

I would say Madison stands out on this list since the others listed are all already in very liberal regions. Also Madison literally has no remotely Conservative suburbs while Boston and Seattle have a few.

[ProgressiveModerate]

Underrated one is Santa Fe, especially when you consider it’s decent Hispanic population that has often swung left even as GOP gains with Hispanics nationally.

Also don’t think it’s the most liberal, but I think people really underestimate metro DC; at this point it’s close to places like the Bay Area.

[Bernie Derangement Syndrome Haver]

The places you described are full of people who would reject the term "liberal" in favor of "leftist". But if you mean most far-left, absolutely Portland, Seattle, and parts of the Bay Area. Cambridge more than Boston itself. Also the gentrifying part of Brooklyn and any community with an elite private liberal arts college.

Basically, if you see a high concentration of non-binary people, Palestinian protests, or people who need to take a shower, there's your answer.

[Arizona Iced Tea]

Travis county TX is pretty blue and pretty populated.

[Roll Roons]

The places you described are full of people who would reject the term "liberal" in favor of "leftist". But if you mean most far-left, absolutely Portland, Seattle, and parts of the Bay Area. Cambridge more than Boston itself. Also the gentrifying part of Brooklyn and any community with an elite private liberal arts college.

Basically, if you see a high concentration of non-binary people, Palestinian protests, or people who need to take a shower, there's your answer.

On that note, Berkeley is certainly further left than San Francisco.

[It’s so Joever]

Underrated one is Santa Fe, especially when you consider it’s decent Hispanic population that has often swung left even as GOP gains with Hispanics nationally.

Also don’t think it’s the most liberal, but I think people really underestimate metro DC; at this point it’s close to places like the Bay Area.

DC is more Democratic than leftist.

[ملكة كرينجيتوك]

I would say top picks would be

Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Madison
Boston

A lot of the most Democrat have large African-American communities but aren't necessarily most liberal.  Generally the left of Democrat party tends to be whiter than the more moderate wing which is the most diverse group in country.

I would say Madison stands out on this list since the others listed are all already in very liberal regions. Also Madison literally has no remotely Conservative suburbs while Boston and Seattle have a few.

Which Boston and Seattle suburbs stand out to you as being conservative?

[ProgressiveModerate]

I would say top picks would be

Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Madison
Boston

A lot of the most Democrat have large African-American communities but aren't necessarily most liberal.  Generally the left of Democrat party tends to be whiter than the more moderate wing which is the most diverse group in country.

I would say Madison stands out on this list since the others listed are all already in very liberal regions. Also Madison literally has no remotely Conservative suburbs while Boston and Seattle have a few.

Which Boston and Seattle suburbs stand out to you as being conservative?

In Seattle, you have a decent handful of Conservative suburbs to the south and southwest of the city; mainly is Pierce County.

In Boston, it's to the immediate north and south of the city core.

[ملكة كرينجيتوك]

I would say Madison stands out on this list since the others listed are all already in very liberal regions. Also Madison literally has no remotely Conservative suburbs while Boston and Seattle have a few.

Which Boston and Seattle suburbs stand out to you as being conservative?

In Seattle, you have a decent handful of Conservative suburbs to the south and southwest of the city; mainly is Pierce County.

In Boston, it's to the immediate north and south of the city core.

Hmm, the further-out South King County suburbs and exurbs don't seem particularly right-wing to me. They vote the way you'd expect relatively blue-collar and Posturbia (working to lower-middle class) suburbs would. You can make an argument for Tacoma's suburbs like Puyallup based on some of them not being clearly D-leaning in recent presidential election results, but it feels weird to think of the Everett and Tacoma suburbs as suburbs of Seattle.

How do you determine which suburbs are more "right-wing"? This certainly doesn't seem borne out by 2020-PRES results in the case of Metro Boston.

[wnwnwn]

Philly?
Denver?
Seattle?
Portland?
San Francisco?
Oakland?
Chicago?
Madison?
Austin?
Boston?
Manhattan?

[Tiger08]

Places that come to mind for me: Seattle, Portland, SF, Denver, Minneapolis, Madison. East Coast cities don't feel as left wing as their West Coast counterparts, even if they are just as blue. The East Coast cities do have very left wing pockets though.

[mileslunn]

Places that come to mind for me: Seattle, Portland, SF, Denver, Minneapolis, Madison. East Coast cities don't feel as left wing as their West Coast counterparts, even if they are just as blue. The East Coast cities do have very left wing pockets though.

Part of that is large African-American population and Puerto Rican as both vote heavily Democrat but neither is particularly liberal.  Also have large Jewish population who is somewhat liberal, but more your upper middle class socially conscious not your woke type.  Amongst whites, large Irish & Italian communities who historically went heavily Democrat but were more your blue collar populists not especially liberal.  Irish still lean Democrat but Italians have swung heavily over to GOP especially in New York and New Jersey, less so in Massachusetts.

Also East seems more establishment type while West is more your innovative challenge status quo mentality so that makes it more open to radical ideas.  Libertarianism also stronger in Western US than East so its not just on left but also on right have different strands.

[TDAS04]

Detroit is the most Democratic-voting city in the US, IIRC.

A for the "most liberal," probably someplace in or near the San Francisco Bay Area.

[SInNYC]

It depends on what liberal means. It used to be said somewhat jokingly that SF is where people kick homeless people on the way to the gay rights march. Although thats a huge exaggeration, the sentiment is not completely false either.

Berkeley of course is more liberal. But Silicon Valley is definitely not.