And probably Arizona (arguably) and Washington State, too…
In Australia, this is the same…
Outside the capitals, votes for Labor are fairly rare (excluding rusted-on working class areas. Pittsburgh, I suppose, as a US example. Or any “rust belt” city), yet because inner cities vote Labor, Labor wins, both federally and state…
However the suburbs here are sort of the inverse of the US…
Urban decay? Yes. High “black”populations in the inner city? Yes. But crime and dysfunction, and in particular poverty, is largely concentrated in outer suburbia.
Families live in the outer suburbs. Single, young people, and the rich, live in inner cities/suburbs…
Thus, on every electoral map here, you have a central “bullseye” of Labor or Greens (usually it’s the Greens, now), surrounded by Labor inner suburbs, surrounded by a sea of Liberal/National outer suburban and rural areas… The cities are like “bullet wounds”, was the analogy I read recently…
Thus, oddly, the demographics are the reverse of in the US, yet the political result of what part of the city ends up voting for whom, ends up the same, lol…
I think that applies to Georgia, too, no?
And probably Arizona (arguably) and Washington State, too…
In Australia, this is the same…
Outside the capitals, votes for Labor are fairly rare (excluding rusted-on working class areas. Pittsburgh, I suppose, as a US example. Or any “rust belt” city), yet because inner cities vote Labor, Labor wins, both federally and state…
However the suburbs here are sort of the inverse of the US…
Urban decay? Yes. High “black”populations in the inner city? Yes. But crime and dysfunction, and in particular poverty, is largely concentrated in outer suburbia.
Families live in the outer suburbs. Single, young people, and the rich, live in inner cities/suburbs…
Thus, on every electoral map here, you have a central “bullseye” of Labor or Greens (usually it’s the Greens, now), surrounded by Labor inner suburbs, surrounded by a sea of Liberal/National outer suburban and rural areas… The cities are like “bullet wounds”, was the analogy I read recently…
Thus, oddly, the demographics are the reverse of in the US, yet the political result of what part of the city ends up voting for whom, ends up the same, lol…
That’s what I meant, though.
Working class “rust belt” equivalent that always votes left. That was my point.
In Australia, that’s Geelong, Wollongong, Newcastle. In the US, I’m thinking Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit, etc.
Same sort of deal with the suburbs here. Sort of.
Yeah, that sounds like Geelong, Newcastle and particularly Fremantle…
I can’t even afford to rent in Fremantle, now, lol, because it’s so “trendy”…
Absolutely full of people like that. Always votes Greens/Labor, tried to ban Australia Day celebrations, you get the idea, lol…