Fascinating article/map on southern whites

[old timey villain]

That map of the white vote in North Carolina is very interesting.   I'm somewhat surprised by how relatively well Obama did among whites in the rural mountain counties.

No need for surprise. Mountain whites are not nearly as Republican as those in the Lower South.

This is why the conservatism of places like North Georgia is overstated. On maps the region shows up as the most Republican in the state but it still has the greatest percentage of D voting whites outside of Atlanta.