City politics.A new study by the nonpartisan non·par·ti·san adj. Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party: a nonpartisan commission; nonpartisan opinions. Bay Area Center for Voting Research ranks the political leanings of American cities. Detroit; Gary, Ind.; and Berkeley, Calif., win as the most liberal and Provo, Utah; and Lubbock and Abilene, Texas Abilene is a city in Taylor County, Texas, United States, in the central portion of the state. The population was 115,930 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. , come in as the most conservative. The researchers examined voting patterns of 237 American cities with populations greater than 100,000. The researchers found a direct correlation Noun 1. direct correlation - a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1 positive correlation between a city's political ideology and its racial makeup. "The great political divide in America today is not red vs. blue For divisions in United States politics, see . Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles, often abbreviated as RvB, is a machinima comic science fiction video series created by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed primarily through the Internet and , north vs. south, coastal vs. interior or even rich vs. poor," said Phil Reiff, the center's director. "It is now clearly black vs. white." |
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