Liberal City in North Carolina

[cyntmac]

Lol.........

[urbancharlotte]

Originally Posted by mm34b

Out of NC's 100 counties, these 11 counties provided Obama with 60% or more of their vote:

Durham County - 75.54%
Orange - 71.84%
Hertford - 70.49%
Warren - 68.68%
Edgecombe - 67.14%
Northamton - 65.03%
Bertie - 64.93%
Halifax - 63.73%
Vance - 63.03%
Mecklenburg - 61.83%
Anson - 60.34%

Excellent post!!! Now please tell our friends which counties provided the highest numerical votes and margin of victory for Obama!!!

[zuzupetals]

Just wanted to know if it is worth re-locating from N.J.

[cyntmac]

I don't live in NC. I have in the past.

[SunnyKayak]

Some of the regular posters in this thread have forgot the warning in post
#61
Please only answer what the original poster is seeking and not your own interpretation.

My boyfriend and I are recent college graduates from the University of Florida. I'm looking to get into nonprofit work, while he is flexible but has experience managing a restaurant. We were planning a big move to Portland, OR because we love the outdoors, i'm vegan, and we're both liberal minded. Some family problems have arisen and it won't be possible for me to leave the southeast for awhile. I'm tired of Florida (lived here my whole life) and am looking into South Carolina or North Carolina.

Any opinions on cities that have (some) job potential? (stupid economy)
I looked into Asheville for the liberal-ness but found the job market to be stagnant.

How about Charleston? Raleigh? Columbia?"

[Carolina Blue]

Wow! I'm a little late to this party, but anyway, my vote goes to Asheville and the Triangle. I know our state well, have lived here a long time, and have lived in Charlotte and the Triad. And I'm African-American, for what its worth. I would never consider Charlotte liberal. As someone else stated, this place is pretty much moderate, in the center. The Triangle is well known as being one of the most liberal places in the South. Just do a Google search and you'll see that, especially with the attention of the recent election. As for Asheville, like many, I've always considered it to be very liberal. Its a very artsy place and you can look at its politics to see where it leans. Its kind of hard to deny Asheville's political and social leanings when the city, which is over 70% white, elects a 33 year-old (at the time) female African-American mayor...and she fine too, LOL!!

Asheville Mayor, Terry M. Bellamy

Mayor's Office Link: Asheville North Carolina

And again, as for Charlotte, we'll see just how liberal Charlotte is "not" when Anthony Fox runs for mayor in the next election. Remember you heard it from me first.

[urbancharlotte]

Originally Posted by Carolina Blue

Wow! I'm a little late to this party, but anyway, my vote goes to Asheville and the Triangle. I know our state well, have lived here a long time, and have lived in Charlotte and the Triad. And I'm African-American, for what its worth. I would never consider Charlotte liberal. As someone else stated, this place is pretty much moderate, in the center. The Triangle is well known as being one of the most liberal places in the South. Just do a Google search and you'll see that, especially with the attention of the recent election. As for Asheville, like many, I've always considered it to be very liberal. Its a very artsy place and you can look at its politics to see where it leans. Its kind of hard to deny Asheville's political and social leanings when the city, which is over 70% white, elects a 33 year-old (at the time) female African-American mayor...and she fine too, LOL!!

Asheville Mayor, Terry M. Bellamy

Mayor's Office Link: Asheville North Carolina

And again, as for Charlotte, we'll see just how liberal Charlotte is "not" when Anthony Fox runs for mayor in the next election. Remember you heard it from me first.

I guess you never heard of Harvey Gantt LOL!!! Charlotte elected him back in the 80's. He beat Sue Myrick I think. There is currently an African American cultural center being constructed in Charlotte's uptown that is named after him also. He has a daughter (Sonya Gantt) that is a popular news anchor at NBC in Charlotte. Raleigh was the south's first capital to elect an African American mayor however. Asheville is NOT the leader in the state when comes to electing African American mayors. That title goes to Durham. Charlotte's current police chief is African American. Charlotte Transit's CEO (largest transit authority between Atlanta and DC) is African American too.

I will direct message you more on Harvey Gantt and Charlotte's African American leaders (if you are interested). This is not the forum for such talk.

To answer the OP's question, I say that Raleigh is the best liberal choice because they wanted somewhere with good jobs. Charlotte was not one of their choices in the first place.

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by urbancharlotte

i guess you never heard of harvey gantt lol!!! Charlotte elected him back in the 80's. He beat sue myrick i think. There is currently an african american cultural center being constructed in charlotte's uptown that is named after him also. He has a daughter (sonya gantt) that is a popular news anchor at nbc in charlotte. Raleigh was the south's first capital to elect an african american mayor however. Asheville is not the leader in the state when comes to electing african american mayors. That title goes to durham. Charlotte's current police chief is african american. Charlotte transit's ceo (largest transit authority between atlanta and dc) is african american too.

I will direct message you more on harvey gantt and charlotte's african american leaders (if you are interested). This is not the forum for such talk.

To answer the op's question, i say that raleigh is the best liberal choice because they wanted somewhere with good jobs. Charlotte was not one of their choices in the first place.

this has nothing to do with op

[Carolina Blue]

Originally Posted by urbancharlotte

I guess you never heard of Harvey Gantt LOL!!! Charlotte elected him back in the 80's. He beat Sue Myrick I think. There is currently an African American cultural center being constructed in Charlotte's uptown that is named after him also. He has a daughter (Sonya Gantt) that is a popular news anchor at NBC in Charlotte. Raleigh was the south's first capital to elect an African American mayor however. Asheville is NOT the leader in the state when comes to electing African American mayors. That title goes to Durham. Charlotte's current police chief is African American. Charlotte Transit's CEO (largest transit authority between Atlanta and DC) is African American too.

I will direct message you more on Harvey Gantt and Charlotte's African American leaders (if you are interested). This is not the forum for such talk.

To answer the OP's question, I say that Raleigh is the best liberal choice because they wanted somewhere with good jobs. Charlotte was not one of their choices in the first place.

You don’t need to tell me about Harvey Gantt. I know all about him and how resoundingly he lost his bid for reelection, and how bad both Ella Scarborough and Beverly Earl lost both their bids to follow in his footsteps. There’s one very big flaw in all your statements in this thread. You have falsely tried to link African-American interests with liberal interest. And that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just because a city is African-American friendly, does not make it liberal. I use Charlotte as an example. There is a wealth of African-American culture here compared to other areas of the state. But it’s still a bible thumping place where you’ll find more people in church on Sunday morning than you will at the club on Saturday night. Again, you’d do well to broaden your horizons when attempting to define what constitutes a liberal label.