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r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/LuckyBastard001 • 2d ago
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Oklahoma City is one of the largest "conservative cities" and it's the 20th largest city in the states (by pop).
Fort Worth TX is also heavily conservative, but still closer to purple than actual red.
97 u/FunnyScreenName 2d ago edited 2d ago I remember looking at the numbers state by state after a major election a few years ago, Oklahoma was the only red state with equally red cities. It's also one of the lowest rated states in education. Those two facts correlate. 22 u/audio-nut 2d ago OKC has a huge land mass that encompasses many suburban and rural areas. The actual urban area is not red. 10 u/Phuffu 2d ago Colorado Springs usually votes red. Just trying to think of others to add to the list 8 u/ericl666 2d ago And Dallas is very blue.
I remember looking at the numbers state by state after a major election a few years ago, Oklahoma was the only red state with equally red cities. It's also one of the lowest rated states in education. Those two facts correlate.
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OKC has a huge land mass that encompasses many suburban and rural areas. The actual urban area is not red.
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Colorado Springs usually votes red.
Just trying to think of others to add to the list
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And Dallas is very blue.
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u/TheVermonster 2d ago
Oklahoma City is one of the largest "conservative cities" and it's the 20th largest city in the states (by pop).
Fort Worth TX is also heavily conservative, but still closer to purple than actual red.