Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
3 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
The 10 counties that will decide the 2020 election (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 OP
Tarrant County, Texas is Ruby red... bluecollar2 Sep 2019 #1
New Hanover County, N.C. steventh Sep 2019 #2
❤ nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #3

bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
1. Tarrant County, Texas is Ruby red...
Sun Sep 8, 2019, 11:31 PM
Sep 2019

I'd be surprised if the Democrats in Tarrant county can overcome the voter-suppresion machine that is the County government.

steventh

(2,156 posts)
2. New Hanover County, N.C.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 12:42 AM
Sep 2019

Here's the cut and paste from the article re: New Hanover County

New Hanover County, N.C.

Some of the first British settlers along the North Carolina Tidewater settled in New Hanover Precinct, named for the German house that ruled Britain at the time. Dominated by Wilmington, New Hanover was part of the Democratic Solid South until Richard Nixon’s election in 1968. Since then, it has only voted for one Democratic presidential candidate — fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter.

But the GOP’s historic advantage there is shrinking. Obama came within 1,400 votes of winning New Hanover County in 2008, and Trump became the first Republican to win less than half the vote since George H.W. Bush split the conservative vote with Ross Perot in 1992.

“Like most of the state’s larger cities, Wilmington has seen an influx of urban white liberals, making the city more Democratic,” wrote John Wynne, a North Carolina elections analyst. “At the same time, affluent retirees, who tend to vote Republican, are settling along the beaches.”

Trump won the county by 2.9 percentage points. He won North Carolina by 3.6 points.


I can only hope that plenty of the NC population have awakened and will vote Dem
Latest Discussions»Region Forums»North Carolina»The 10 counties that will...