Friday, October 17, 2008

Liberal vs. conservative: Boulder and the Springs

The Rocky Mountain News says that Boulder used to be as conservative as Colorado Springs, voting Republican until 1984. Luckily for Jared Polis, who stands to make history as the first openly gay male ever elected to a first term in Congress, that's all changed. How did granola-crunchin', gay-votin' Boulder get so liberal? And how did the Springs become ground zero for the evangelical anti-gay crowd? Check it out.