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Junior Chimp
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« on: July 05, 2013, 08:34:07 AM » |
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There's several factors at play here. Firstly, there's something of a blue dog tradition in several of the central Western North Carolina counties, such as Yancey, Madison, Haywood, etc. I believe this may be related to the TN valley authority, although I'm not sure.
Secondly, many counties in WNC have a substantial white liberal population. Asheville is left-wing because it's sort of a hippy-left wing kind of area- a bit like Austin TX or Madison WI, albeit smaller. There are colleges in Watauga and Jackson counties (ASU and WCU), and smaller hippyish populations in Transylvania and Polk counties.
Finally, Swain and Jackson counties have sizable Native American populations. There is a Cherokee community in that area.
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