| | * [[California]] - [[Diane Feinstein]] (worth $41.78 million), [[Nancy Pelosi]] (worth $26.43 million), [[Barbara Boxer]], [[Henry Waxman]], [[Alan Lowenthal]] (CA-47), Howard Berman, Bob Filner, Jane Harman, Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman, Tom Lantos, Susan Davis, [[Los Angeles]] Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]], [[San Diego]] Mayor [[Bob Filner]] | | * [[California]] - [[Diane Feinstein]] (worth $41.78 million), [[Nancy Pelosi]] (worth $26.43 million), [[Barbara Boxer]], [[Henry Waxman]], [[Alan Lowenthal]] (CA-47), Howard Berman, Bob Filner, Jane Harman, Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman, Tom Lantos, Susan Davis, [[Los Angeles]] Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]], [[San Diego]] Mayor [[Bob Filner]] |
| − | ** According to a 2005 study of the 25 [[most liberal American cities]], [[San Francisco]] and [[Berkeley]] ranked #1 and #2 respectively.<ref>Phil Reiff, Director of the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] Center for Voting Research says, "While there are a few liberal cities without large [[African American]] populations, these wind up being the exceptions. College towns like [[Berkeley]] and [[Cambridge]] have modest black populations but remain bastions of upper [[middle-class]], white, intellectual [[liberalism]]." "The list of Americas most liberal cities is dominated by cities with large African American populations that are concentrated in the [[Northeast]], [[Midwest]] and [[California]]. Conversely, the study found that the staunchest [[conservative]] cities are clustered in [[the South]] and interior [[:Category:Intermountain West|West]] and have extremely low numbers of African American residents." "[[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] Center for Voting Research (BACVR) ranks the political leanings of every American city and finds that [[Detroit]], Michigan is the most liberal and [[Provo, Utah]] the most conservative." "The Bay Area Center for Voting Research is a nonpartisan" ('liberal') "[[think tank]] based in [[Berkeley]], California. A full copy of the report and the complete list of rankings for all 237 cities are available at http://www.votingresearch.org." [http://americancityandcounty.com/content/study-ranks-americas-most-liberal-and-conservative-cities 2005 study rankings on liberal and conservative cities]. Posted Oct 27, 2014. Accessed March 18, 2015</ref> | + | ** According to a 2005 study of the 25 [[most liberal American cities]], [[San Francisco]], [[Berkeley]], [[Oakland]] ranked #1, #2 and #4 respectively.<ref>Phil Reiff, Director of the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] Center for Voting Research says, "While there are a few liberal cities without large [[African American]] populations, these wind up being the exceptions. College towns like [[Berkeley]] and [[Cambridge]] have modest black populations but remain bastions of upper [[middle-class]], white, intellectual [[liberalism]]." "The list of Americas most liberal cities is dominated by cities with large African American populations that are concentrated in the [[Northeast]], [[Midwest]] and [[California]]. Conversely, the study found that the staunchest [[conservative]] cities are clustered in [[the South]] and interior [[:Category:Intermountain West|West]] and have extremely low numbers of African American residents." "[[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] Center for Voting Research (BACVR) ranks the political leanings of every American city and finds that [[Detroit]], Michigan is the most liberal and [[Provo, Utah]] the most conservative." "The Bay Area Center for Voting Research is a nonpartisan" ('liberal') "[[think tank]] based in [[Berkeley]], California. A full copy of the report and the complete list of rankings for all 237 cities are available at http://www.votingresearch.org." [http://americancityandcounty.com/content/study-ranks-americas-most-liberal-and-conservative-cities 2005 study rankings on liberal and conservative cities]. Posted Oct 27, 2014. Accessed March 18, 2015</ref> |