Madison’s cherished self-image as a bastion of liberalism may be slipping. A new study released today shows the Mad City isn’t among the top 10 most liberal cities in the country or even among the top 25.
(A spokesperson for the Berkeley-based Bay Area Center for Voting Research said) that while college towns with modest black populations – such as Madison – remain among the most liberal, “these white communities are more reminiscent of penguins clustering together around a shrinking iceberg than of a vibrant and growing political movement.”