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?
The end of voting rights for Blacks in Northeast NC, of course.
Ah, ok. Makes sense, though surprising that an area with such a past would have whites voting so Democratic now.
It doesn't. Obama got around 20% of the white vote in the county. 59.5% black, 65% Obama, so around 7% of Obama's vote came from white voters assuming blacks went more than 95% Obama (other races being negligible in population). 39% white means around 18% of whites voted for Obama to make up that 7%.
