Why is Coconino County, Arizona so liberal?
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« on: September 05, 2020, 10:05:06 PM »
It is a pretty white county that has a lot of rural areas. Why is it so liberal?
This country didn’t even vote for John McCain in 2016!!
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« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2020, 07:25:03 AM »
Flagstaff is a college city (Northern Arizona University) and has almost half of the county's population.

The rest of the county is mostly parts of the Navajo Nation (but also Havasupai, Hualapai and Hopi) plus what I assume will be pretty Goldwater-ian rural Whites.
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2020, 08:20:13 AM »
As well as Flagstaff and the Native American areas, it also has part of Sedona, a New Age centre which attracts a certain type of liberal.
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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2020, 12:05:11 PM »
Quote from: Alcibiades on September 06, 2020, 08:20:13 AM
As well as Flagstaff and the Native American areas, it also has part of Sedona, a New Age centre which attracts a certain type of liberal.

Yeah Sedona is comparable to Aspen or Breckenridge in that it's a liberal enclave in a relatively rural area.
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« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2020, 01:46:35 PM »
I always found it interesting that this county voted straight GOP from 1952 to 1988, and then never again.
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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2020, 03:30:24 PM »
Quote from: Alcibiades on September 06, 2020, 08:20:13 AM
As well as Flagstaff and the Native American areas, it also has part of Sedona, a New Age centre which attracts a certain type of liberal.

Current AZ-01 Congressman Tom O'Halleran lives in or near Sedona, as far as I know.
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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2020, 10:13:24 PM »
It's full of Indians.
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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2020, 10:55:24 PM »
Quote from: I Was So Wrong on September 06, 2020, 01:46:35 PM
I always found it interesting that this county voted straight GOP from 1952 to 1988, and then never again.

That was because it took until the 1990s for an increase in non-white and college-educated voters (especially in Flagstaff and immediate surrounding areas) to flip this county. Remember that this was one of the handful of counties outside the South where Hillary Clinton won but Lyndon B. Johnson didn't.
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« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2020, 11:24:19 PM »
College/tourist town in Flagstaff and strong Native population.
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2020, 09:12:57 PM »
Flagstaff is half the county's population, and it's a college town
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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2020, 12:37:23 PM »
Quote from: Cyrusman on September 05, 2020, 10:05:06 PM
It is a pretty white county that has a lot of rural areas. Why is it so liberal?
This country didn’t even vote for John McCain in 2016!!

Indians and Potheads basically
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