Wake County One of Only Eight NC Counties to Vote Against Amendment One

danimal
05/09 12:26 PM

in regards to greensboro, the amendment passed in guilford county by only 72 votes.

Phil
05/09 12:46 PM

Passed by less than 600 in New Hanover county (Wilmington)

Joe
05/09 01:00 PM

Interesting fact: Orange, Wake, Durham, Mecklenburg, Watuga, Buncombe, and Chatham counties make up 7 of the top 8 counties in the state for level of education (as measured by percentage of the population with at least a 2- or 4-year degree).  BTW - New Hanover (as mentioned by Phil above as a very close call) is the other one in the top 8 most educated.
Source: Lumina Foundation / US Census Bureau / 2008 American Community Survey

Is this the future of ‘democracy’...that the least educated among us make decisions about the welfare of us all???

Walker
05/09 03:01 PM

I don’t understand why so few people voted in Mecklenburg county.  It is 933K strong, yet only 174K voted…as compared to Wake 903K (244K voted).

RaleighRob
05/09 03:13 PM

Uh….you might need to recheck that.  WRAL says Dare voted FOR at 52%. 

Looks like your map includes water or something as part of Dare?

And Joe’s right…education level had a lot to do with it.
I think Guilford and New Hanover were close…the cities probably voted against but suburbs overtook them.

peter
05/09 04:39 PM

just shows how liberal and corrupt morally the metro areas are in NC

yessa masta
05/09 06:49 PM

Joe-  so an uneducated persons vote shouldn’t hold as much weight as an educated.  wow.

you are the 1%

Matt
05/09 09:21 PM

To yessa and peter,

Bigotry redeems no one. Education wether it is through traditional means or one’s own self allows people to understand that, after contemplation, the founding fathers understood that state and religious bodies should be separate. Thus, a mandate against one part of society should not be handed down on the rest due to religious doctrine. I am not you, I do not believe as you do; neither should the government rule as either of us.  ALL ARE EQUAL.

Matt
05/09 09:21 PM

To yessa and peter,

Bigotry redeems no one. Education wether it is through traditional means or one’s own self allows people to understand that, after contemplation, the founding fathers understood that state and religious bodies should be separate. Thus, a mandate against one part of society should not be handed down on the rest due to religious doctrine. I am not you, I do not believe as you do; neither should the government rule as either of us.  ALL ARE EQUAL.

Matt
05/09 09:21 PM

To yessa and peter,

Bigotry redeems no one. Education wether it is through traditional means or one’s own self allows people to understand that, after contemplation, the founding fathers understood that state and religious bodies should be separate. Thus, a mandate against one part of society should not be handed down on the rest due to religious doctrine. I am not you, I do not believe as you do; neither should the government rule as either of us.  ALL ARE EQUAL.

Matt
05/09 09:21 PM

To yessa and peter,

Bigotry redeems no one. Education wether it is through traditional means or one’s own self allows people to understand that, after contemplation, the founding fathers understood that state and religious bodies should be separate. Thus, a mandate against one part of society should not be handed down on the rest due to religious doctrine. I am not you, I do not believe as you do; neither should the government rule as either of us.  ALL ARE EQUAL.

Matt
05/09 09:24 PM

Sorry to double post. (triple now I guess). Too many taps.

Charles
05/11 09:38 AM

@RaleighRob- you’re incorrect that Dare shouldn’t be counted in the against column. The original ballot count was wrong and has been adjusted (http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/10/2056820/dare-county-also-voted-against.html)

The boundaries used for this map show the jurisdictional boundaries of Dare County (and all other coastal counties for that matter), the shoreline graphic would have been difficult to visualize (IMO)

John
05/14 01:16 AM

We should never vote on rights.  Period.

Jeremiah
05/18 01:53 PM

I would like to propose an ammendment that anyone without a 4 year degree from an accredited university is no longer allowed to vote, procreate or get married.

OldeSchool
05/18 06:36 PM

Hey Jeremiah, pretty sure you mean a post-graduate degree, landowner, and white.