Originally Posted by dyna mo

so here's where i'm coming from re: austin being highlighted as the liberal oasis of Texas. it implies and suggests strongly that the rest of the state is conservative.

and that is just not true.

i did some more googling, and sure enough, some signficant research points to Austin being the 13th most liberal big city in America, scoring -1 on the chart. but here's the thing-

the other big cities in Texas scored neutral in the results. they are not liberal, but they are not conservative either.

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