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States with large numbers on the public dole vote democratic those that don't tend to not vote demo.
It's 100% about wealth transfer and who maintains a free ride. Just check one of those blue red maps.
LOL, are you serious? You can't be serious.
Check out this map. The majority of the counties on the teat are in "red states". And here is the article about it.
Or this map:
And the 2012 presidential map for comparison
I agree we need to scale back social programs for people who do not need it. But I am tired of people thinking only Democrats or blacks or "other people" are the only ones who use it.
Growing up n NC, it was common knowledge that Southern democrats always voted republican. They used to be called Jessiecrats. Have the number of registered democrats substantially increased since Obama's last election? Just wondering.
Many North Carolina Democrats are African American.
No. The reason we have a Republican Governor and a Republican legislature is because the conservative Democrats in Eastern NC finally started voting Republican. Known as "Down East Democrats" or "Jessie Helms Democrats" they've been voting Republican for President for a long time, but up to 2008 they supported Dems at the state level.
1996 Governor: James B. Hunt (D) vs. Robin Hayes (R)
2000 Governor: Mike Easley (D) vs. Richard Vinroot (R)
2004 Governor: Mike Easley (D) vs. Patrick Ballantine (R)
2008 Governor: Bev Perdue (D) vs. Pat McCrory (R)
2012 Governor: Pat McCrory (R) vs. Walter Dalton (D)
Of course, it's true that Pat McCrory managed to win Wake & Mecklenburg Counties in 2012, but he only did so very narrowly (< 1%) and those counties are trending Democratic. The main reason for the Republican shift in state politics is eastern NC's rightward movement.
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No. The reason we have a Republican Governor and a Republican legislature is because the conservative Democrats in Eastern NC finally started voting Republican. Known as "Down East Democrats" or "Jessie Helms Democrats" they've been voting Republican for President for a long time, but up to 2008 they supported Dems at the state level.
1996 Governor: James B. Hunt (D) vs. Robin Hayes (R)
2000 Governor: Mike Easley (D) vs. Richard Vinroot (R)
2004 Governor: Mike Easley (D) vs. Patrick Ballantine (R)
2008 Governor: Bev Perdue (D) vs. Pat McCrory (R)
2012 Governor: Pat McCrory (R) vs. Walter Dalton (D)
Of course, it's true that Pat McCrory managed to win Wake & Mecklenburg Counties in 2012, but he only did so very narrowly (< 1%) and those counties are trending Democratic. The main reason for the Republican shift in state politics is eastern NC's rightward movement.
And Eastern NC is a transplant retirement haven. Outside of transfers for Gov't or Gov't affiliated jobs, people aren't moving to Eastern NC for work.
Who are all these voters in Mecklenburg and Wake counties who would vote for both Barack Obama and Pat McCrory? (Especially after both counties rejected Amendment One)
The implication that this may go in favor of the premise of the thread.
Nah. Just statistics juggled up with gerrymandering. Jacques said it well:
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The reason we have a Republican Governor and a Republican legislature is because the conservative Democrats in Eastern NC finally started voting Republican.
On the map that shows the counties with the most public assistance, these counties almost all voted Democrat for President!
Just check out NC, and all the counties in the northeast corner of NC or the counties along the NC/SC border in the southeast corner of NC, virtually all voted for Democrat.
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