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Originally Posted by 3rd&Brown
Travis County had one of the largest vote margins in percentage terms for Biden over Trump than many of its peer cities. I want to say the vote margin was up there with Philadelphia and San Francisco, and maybe even higher than NYC (which isn't as liberal, on the national stage, as people assume).
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according to
this awesome election 2020 chart that Manitopiaaa put together, of the 50 largest MSAs, Austin was #11 in terms of Biden share with a +27.3.
and of those 50 largest MSAs, austin was in fact the 2nd bluest non-coastal one in the nation, trailing only chicago (+32.3). Denver was 3rd on that score with a +25.8.
so yeah, definitely not an overall conservative place, especially considering its location in the interior of the nation.