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32. Probably Tucson

Reply to doxydad (Reply #23)

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 10:07 AM

Aug 2014

It leans left and often elects Dem pols (the Udalls, Raul Grijalva, Gaby Giffords).

Flagstaff also leans left.

They are both university towns, btw.

Don't get me wrong, they're nowhere near royal blue like SF, but kind of purplish — especially compared to blood red Phoenix.

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