[IrishIllini]

I don’t necessarily agree LA is more liberal than either NYC or Chicago. More voters in LA and Chicago may have voted for Clinton than in NYC, but that may just be because Trump is from NYC. LA is heavily Latino and Latinos tend to be astute Catholics, which aren’t a very liberal bunch. The community in LA be more secular these days, but I’d suspect it trails NYC and Chicago in that regard. The GOP has alienated most minority voters and has recently been particularly vitriolic towards Latino immigrants. I’d suspect that pushes a lot of them to vote democratic despite having traditionally conservative “family values” or beliefs.