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'''Arlington''' is a city in [[Texas]], and has a population of 367,000.  It is located between [[Dallas]] and [[Fort Worth]].
 
'''Arlington''' is a city in [[Texas]], and has a population of 367,000.  It is located between [[Dallas]] and [[Fort Worth]].
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It is best known as the home of Six Flags Over Texas, the [[Texas Rangers]], and the [[Dallas Cowboys]].
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It is best known as the home of Six Flags Over Texas, the [[Texas Rangers]], and the [[Dallas Cowboys]].  General Motors has a major assembly plant in the city, its main plant which builds its SUV's.
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Arlington Baptist University, founded by the late fundamentalist [[J. Frank Norris]], is located on the far west side of the city.  In terms of academic offerings it is home to '''The University of Texas at Arlington''', the second-largest of the University of Texas System campuses (with the potential to be its largest).
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In terms of academic offerings it is home to '''The University of Texas at Arlington''', the second-largest of the University of Texas System campuses (with the potential to be its largest).  Arlington Baptist University, founded by the late fundamentalist [[J. Frank Norris]], is located on the far west side of the city.
    
==Ranking Among the Most Conservative American Cities==
 
==Ranking Among the Most Conservative American Cities==
 
It is fourteenth in the list of most conservative American cities and the fourth most conservative among Texas' big cities.<ref>[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>
 
It is fourteenth in the list of most conservative American cities and the fourth most conservative among Texas' big cities.<ref>[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>
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The ranking is surprising given the presence of a large public university and the city's ethnic diversity (the city has large areas dominated by Democrat-voting minority groups).
    
==External links==
 
==External links==
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