A nationwide study was compiled by the nonpartisan Bay Area Center for Voting Research (BACVR). The following ranks the political leanings of every American city and finds that Detroit, Michigan is the most liberal and Provo, Utah the most conservative.
In all, the BACVR researchers examined voting patterns of 237 American cities with populations of over 100,000 and ranked them each on liberal and conservative scales.
| 25 Most Liberal Cities | 25 Most Conservative Cities |
| 1. Detroit, Michigan | 1. Provo, Utah |
| 2. Gary, Indiana | 2. Lubbock, Texas |
| 3. Berkeley, California | 3. Abilene, Texas |
| 4. Washington, D.C., Dist. of Columbia | 4. Hialeah, Florida |
| 5. Oakland, California | 5. Plano, Texas |
| 6. Inglewood, California | 6. Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 7. Newark, New Jersey | 7. Gilbert, Arizona |
| 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts | 8. Bakersfield, California |
| 9. San Francisco, California | 9. Lafayette, Louisiana |
| 10. Flint, Michigan | 10. Orange, California |
| 11. Cleveland, Ohio | 11. Escondido, California |
| 12. Hartford, Connecticut | 12. Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| 13. Paterson, New Jersey | 13. Mesa, Arizona |
| 14. Baltimore, Maryland | 14. Arlington, Texas |
| 15. New Haven, Connecticut | 15. Peoria, Arizona |
| 16. Seattle, Washington | 16. Cape Coral, Florida |
| 17. Chicago, Illinois | 17. Garden Grove, California |
| 18. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 18. Simi Valley, California |
| 19. Birmingham, Alabama | 19. Corona, California |
| 20. St. Louis, Missouri | 20. Clearwater, Florida |
| 21. New York, New York | 21. West Valley City, Utah |
| 22. Providence, Rhode Island | 22. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 23. Minneapolis, Minnesota | 23. Overland Park, Kansas |
| 24. Boston, Massachusetts | 24. Anchorage, Alaska |
| 25. Buffalo, New York | 25. Huntington Beach, California |
November 9th, 2009 → 12:09 am @ Justin Evans
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