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Orange County, NC:



Area Statistics

Population (2005 est.): 118,386
Land area, 2000 (square miles)  399
Persons per square mile, 2000  295.6

Voting Record

President (2004)
John Kerry (D): 66.9%
George W. Bush (R): 32.4%

Governor (2004)
Mike Easley (D): 71.7%
Patrick Ballentine (R): 26.3%

Senate (2004)
Erskine Bowles (D): 67.8%
Richard Burr (R): 30.9%

Senate (2002)
Erskine Bowles (D): 64.3%
Elizabeth Dole (R): 34.5%

President (2000)
Al Gore (D): 62.7%
George W. Bush (R): 36.3%

Governor (2000)
Mike Easley (D): 67.0%
Richard Vinroot (R): 30.7%

Senate (1998)
John Edwards (D): 68.2%
Lauch Faircloth (R): 30.2%

President (1996)
Bill Clinton (D): 61.3%
Bob Dole (R): 32.2%
Ross Perot (Ref.): 3.3%

Governor (1996)
Jim Hunt (D): 71.8%
Robin Hayes (R): 25.7%

Senate (1996)
Harvey Gantt (D): 67.6%
Jesse Helms (R): 31.0%

Orange County is dominated by the town of Chapel Hill, which contains the University of North Carolina. The county is liberal and reliably Democratic. Chapel Hill is also part of the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area, whcih contains Research Triangle Park.