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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop
Austin is liberal ?
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I've been to Austin. I wouldn't exactly call it liberal compared to, say, Ann Arbor.
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Wasn't expecting pushback on the statement that Austin is liberal. It has been voting heavily Democratic for decades, and has become increasingly more so. In the 2020 Presidential election Travis County (where the vast majority of Austin is located) voted for
Biden by 72% vs. 27% for Trump.
The Mayor has been Democratic for many years and the Council, which has ten other members, is all Democrats except one (Mackenzie Kelly). Though it should be noted that the Austin City Council is officially nonpartisan.
Governor Rick Perry famously called Austin the "
blueberry in the tomato soup" of Texas politics. Now of course, most major metropolitan areas in Texas and the country in general lean democratic in Presidential and other major elections.