Woodruff County, AR

[HAnnA MArin County]

Does anyone know anything about this county? It was the only majority White/Caucasian county outside of Pulaski County (Little Rock) to vote for Obama (both times!). In fact, it’s only a little whiter than Pulaski County, and is a rural county with a 2010 population of 7,260 (down from 8,741 in 2000). The seat is a town called Augusta, and it looks to be located in AR-01 (Rick Crawford’s district) in Northeastern Arkansas. According to the census, it went from 67.86% White in 2000 to 69.90% in 2010, and 30.75% Black to 27.47% in 2010. The Hispanic population slightly increased from 0.79% to 1.20%.

This may not be as relevant or surprising, but Obama lost the county in a landslide in the primaries to Hillary, yet in 2010 it was Blanche Lincoln's second-best county (only behind Phillips County, the blackest county in the state).

It seems to be a bit of an anomaly in Arkansas. What’s going on here?