These 1 out of 5 are liberal Northerners who have carpet bagged down to NC when their own Liberal states have gone belly up due to their socialistic leaning. These are also the folks that gave Elizabeth Dole 54% of the vote, the folks who, in South Carolina, pushed conservative Mark Sanford over the top against folksy Jimbo Hodges. And yes, I am one of them :) If they're fleeing the North, it's probably because they're fleeing the high taxes, gay marriage, etc., like the folks who leave California for Idaho.
Hope you're right.
I think your an aberration not one of these 1 in 5 Liberal Yankees. I can't name a single person that has moved here from the dirty North that is conservative. Where I work I am surrounded by these misplaced Northerners. They are largely Liberals and have infested Raliegh and eastern NC like the plague they are. What elected Dole in NC was the solid Conservatives of Western North Carolina. It was not that horrid place Called Cary. Containment Area for Relocated Yankees indeed, that has sprung up on the edge of Raliegh like a boil on the butt of our State.