[golfisnr1]

To many Northeasterners migrating to NC therefore making it a 50/50 state.
For example: the town of Cary stands for Containment Area for Retired Yankees.

[Paladin2]

Can’t we pass a law to disenfranchise any NYer or Calif. refugee from voting for 100 yr?

[Recon Dad]

Can anyone tell me when Purdue is up for reelection? (any chance she can’t run again) I moved here last year and keep expecting to here some conservative announce they’re running. Thanks.

[MinorityRepublican]

I’m a damn yankee and I moved to NC because of its low cost of living. No way I could afford to live on my own where my parents reside in the state of MD. By the way, I don’t live in Cary, I’m roughing it with the natives. :-P

[Eldon Tyrell]

Containment Area for Relocated Yankees.

People don’t move to Cary to retire.

[Crichton]

To many Northeasterners migrating to NC therefore making it a 50/50 state.

A common misconception.

Some of the northerners are more liberal, but many are reliable conservative Republicans in a state without a strong Republican tradition.

There has also been an influx of blacks and hispanics to go with a strong unaffiliated segment, giving a megabucks campaign an opportunity to strongly skew the electorate in its favor.

[ConservativeInPA]

I live in Pa, born in WV, my father and his generations going back to the 18th century are from NC. My wife and I have talked about moving to NC, but we don't want much to do with the populated areas like Cary. I'll have nothing to do with the retired hippies out west in Ashville. I have some cousins that live in the swamp in the east. I have all my teeth, and don't quite fit in. (I was kicked out of West-by-God when I was two for having too many teeth.)

We're pretty happy with living in south central Pa in an area ("outside" Harrisburg) where folks are 70-80% Republican. The only thing we don't like are the state taxes and lack of right-to-work laws. If we move it will be to the deep south or Texas.

[presently no screen name]

Cary - I know someone who was born/bred in NY and his wife retired there and raved about it. But he’s not liberal at all. So don’t blame all NC woes on retired NY’ers. Had a coworker who originated from NC, married and had a kid and moved back there and she’s a rabid liberal. Sweet with southern hospitality and charm but dumb as rocks.

[Impy]

NC hasn’t elected a GOP Governor since 1988 so you can’t lay it all on newly arrived Yankees. Rat power has been stubborn on the local level. As you know Republican only just finally took decisive control of the legislature in the last election.