Quote:North Carolina is a weird state.   It's currently controlled by the Republicans, but in 2008 it went for Obama, and is trending more and more moderate/liberal and less and less conservative.   In the western part of the state, where I spend a lot of time, there are a lot of houses with confederate flags out front and people seem to be pretty republican/conservative.   It's in the bigger cities like Charlotte and the university triangle (Duke, UNC, etc) that there are a lot more liberals.  The better educated people tend to be democrats.   But the Democrats don't seem to turn out for local or statewide races, hence the Republican control of the legislature and governership.    I have read some experts who say North Carolina will become a blue state in the future because of the types of people who are moving there.