by John Wynne | Feb 26, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Cumberland County is defined by Fort Bragg and the military population that resides there. It also contains the city of Fayetteville, which is the county seat. As of 2010, the population was 319,431, making it one of the most populous counties of North Carolina (the...
by John Wynne | Feb 24, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Stokes County is located on the Virginia border, north of Winston-Salem. Its county seat is Danbury. The terrain is hilly, but the Sauratown Mountains cut across the center of the county and dominate the landscape. Like most counties of the rural Piedmont, Stokes is...
by John Wynne | Feb 24, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Henderson is a county located in the Appalachian Mountains, south of Asheville. The county seat is Hendersonville. It has retained its historically Republican nature, and with its high population is valuable to Republican prospectives statewide. Presidential PVIs...
by John Wynne | Feb 24, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Davidson County is a strongly Republican county located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Its county seat is Lexington, famous for Lexington-style barbecue and the Lexington Barbecue Festival, held annually every October. The largest city in the county,...
by John Wynne | Feb 23, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
McDowell County is located east of Asheville and is therefore part of the Appalachian Mountain region. The county seat is Marion. The area’s political leanings are strongly conservative, the county has not gone for a Democrat for President since Jimmy Carter in...
by John Wynne | Feb 22, 2013 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Political Geography
Located in western North Carolina along the Georgia border, Macon County was named after Nathaniel Macon, one of the most prominent Republicans in our nation’s early history. Its county seat is Franklin; Macon is known for its number of waterfalls and its...
