What caused the drastic shift in North Carolina's voting patterns (Charlotte: 2013, universities)
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Basically all the larger cities and the surrounding counties went blue and all rural areas went red.
And rural counties with a high percentage of minority voters or those with large college student populations, such as those 3 counties in the mountain region of the state.
I don't think it's all about region of origin, but I do think that's part of it.
From city-data:
Atlanta, pop. approx. 540,000:
Quote:
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 243840
Northeast: 29365
Midwest: 26691
South: 76404
West: 9736
[LEFT]46% of Atlanta residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Georgia.
[LEFT]46% of Charlotte residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in North Carolina.
The numbers are there, if you want to look at them. I chose Charlotte and Atlanta.
About 9% of Charlotte's transplants are from the NE. For Atlanta it's about 5%. There isn't as much difference in transplants from the other regions of the United States.
Cary is about 14% from the NE. Columbus, GA, about 5%. I'll leave the rest for someone else to look up.
North Carolina is in the Mid-Atlantic South, not the Deep South. It has a long history of progressiveness. After all, it is the only state to ever compensate victims of mass sterilization, and had a relatively tranquil transformation from Jim Crow to integration. Could imagine that in SC, GA, or AL?
A majority of North Carolinians are opposed to the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages that will be on the May 8 ballot, even as they remain skeptical about gay marriages, according to a new Elon University/News & Observer/ABC11 Poll.
Although the rest of the South, often referred to as the Bible Belt, has adopted such a ban, the survey found 54 percent of Tar Heel residents interviewed opposed the constitutional amendment. It found that 38 percent supported it.
Mileah Kay Kromer, the poll’s assistant director, cautioned that the results should not be over interpreted. The survey interviewed a cross-section of all North Carolinians, not just registered voters. The marriage amendment – or amendment one – will go before voters during the May 8 primary, and the outcome of low turnout primaries are heavily dependent on which side can rally their supporters to the voting booths – something that can not be measured in a public opinion poll.
A new Rasmussen survey shows President Obama now holds a modest lead over Mitt Romney in combined polling of the key swing states Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, 46% to 42%.
In late February they were tied.
Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire
I don't think it's all about region of origin, but I do think that's part of it.
From city-data:
Atlanta, pop. approx. 540,000:
Charlotte, pop. approx. 710,000:
The numbers are there, if you want to look at them. I chose Charlotte and Atlanta.
About 9% of Charlotte's transplants are from the NE. For Atlanta it's about 5%. There isn't as much difference in transplants from the other regions of the United States.
Cary is about 14% from the NE. Columbus, GA, about 5%. I'll leave the rest for someone else to look up.
Oops. I meant, 9% of Charlotte's population, not of the transplants. (It would be about 20% of the U.S. transplants.) Same with the others.
I love the transplants. It makes the area more diverse, integrated, progressive, and international.
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