Northampton, NC is another county that may never have voted R.
Nope. Voted Republican in 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, and 1896.
Wow. Wonder what the reason is for why it was GOP during the early Solid South days and then changed to so solidly Dem. I assume today it is a heavily black area, though it also voted very strongly Dem in the 20's, 30's and 40's (as strongly Dem as most any other Solid South county). Anyone know what happened in the first part of the 20th century to flip its partisan allegiance?
It's actually not that heavily black -- about 3:2 -- which makes it one of the unique areas where there's a black population and the traditional white Democratic voting patterns aren't dying quite as fast as most places.
