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Which states (Red, Purple, or Blue ones) contain an ultra-liberal and an ultra-conservative area that both constitute a significant proportion of its population?
The only state that comes to mind is Oregon, which used to lean slightly towards blue due to the heavily blue Portland metro and the heavily red regions east of the Cascades (though the latter region seems to have shifted a little more towards blue recently.)
Get on the Staten Island Ferry in NYC and you will take a short ride across the harbor between Staten Island, a deep red, conservative, Republican stronghold, and Manhattan, which is pretty much the opposite.
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Arizona, urban sections of Phoenix and Tucson, as well as SWern and NEern AZ are Democrat controlled. While Republicans have SEern and Central AZ (minus Flagstaff) and the eastern and NWern suburbs of Phoenix
With Texas, you have Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso as Democratic, with the inner cities at least of Austin, Houston, and Dallas being quite liberal. Then there are cities like Midland, Odessa, Tyler, etc. that are very conservative, along with pretty much all small towns and rural areas, and many suburbs. With changing demographics, the state is getting more Democratic and liberal, but it won't affect elections to a large degree until voter turnout improves substantially.
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With Texas, you have Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso as Democratic, with the inner cities at least of Austin, Houston, and Dallas being quite liberal. Then there are cities like Midland, Odessa, Tyler, etc. that are very conservative, along with pretty much all small towns and rural areas, and many suburbs. With changing demographics, the state is getting more Democratic and liberal, but it won't affect elections to a large degree until voter turnout improves substantially.
Don't forget Corpus Christi or the Rio Grande Valley in the D column
Get on the Staten Island Ferry in NYC and you will take a short ride across the harbor between Staten Island, a deep red, conservative, Republican stronghold, and Manhattan, which is pretty much the opposite.
The Northern part of Staten Island is not conservative
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