North Carolina
In reply to the discussion: Something Happened in NC - Martin County NC - A Heavily Democratic County [View all]wildeyed
(11,243 posts)Hillary Clinton lost legit.
The county is rural, poor and about 50/50 white and black. In rural parts of the South, many older whites are registered Dems, but haven't voted for an actual Democrat since Reagan. This kind of split between party affiliation and actual vote totals are not uncommon. Also, in NC, Dems generally vote early. You live here, right? Then you should know this too. This pattern is even more pronounced in the black community.
Without knowing much about the specific county, I can tell you that the vote totals are completely within the realm of possibility, especially considering that Trump turned out his white rural base huge in places like this. This is WHY he won. He got poor whites out who generally don't vote.
Speculating about voter fraud and stolen elections without proof undermines the entire system when we do it too. There is so much obvious, provable voter suppression from the GOP in NC that ABSOLUTELY steals votes and flips elections. Why are making tinfoil hat speculations that can be easily put to rest with a simple Google search?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_County,_North_Carolina