North Carolina Region Finder
Regional Grouping of Counties ( News&Blogs - Candidates - Forums)
The regions below are used to group together Candidate Listings and Discussion Forums so that voters in close proximity to
each other can more easily find them. Look for the name and
number of the forum in your area to begin find your candidate or begin reading (or posting) your input!
Remember there are also seperate areas to view Candidate Listings and Forums that are STATEWIDE
and NATIONAL in scope l
Note: the map below is NOT clickable, see the table below it for links
SHORTCUT LINKS: Click on one of the "X's" below to go directly to the specific region containing the:
News/Blog, Candidate Profile, or Discussion Forum of interest !
| Region Name / Link |
News/Blogs |
Candidates |
Forums |
Included Counties |
| Atlantic Northeast |
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Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, NorthHampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Washington, Tyrrell |
| Atlantic Central |
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Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico, Pitt |
| Atlantic South |
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Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Sampson |
| Coastal Plain North |
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Edgecombe, Johnston, Halifax, Nash, Wayne, Wilson |
| Coastal Plain South |
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Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Robeson |
| Triangle |
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Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake, Warren |
| Piedmont Central |
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Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland |
| Piedmont Triad East |
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Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham |
| Piedmont Triad West |
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Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Rowan, Stokes |
| Metrolina |
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Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Stanley, Union |
| Foothills |
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Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln |
| Mountains North |
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Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin |
| Mountains Central |
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Buncombe, Burke, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Yancey |
| Mountains West |
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Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Swain, Transylvania |
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| Statewide |
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All Counties - Open Forum - Post issues here that are of interest to all individuals across the state |
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| National |
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All Counties - Open Forum - Post issues here that are of "National" interest or scope |
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We have segmented the state into 14 "regions" in order to associate groupings of
counties that would be likely to have similar political issues in common.
We considered using many existing political breakdowns (congressional districts, state
house districts, etc.), but frankly those district maps made little common sense.
Finally, we found that the NCDOT had broken the state into districts for their
purposes that "almost fit", (go figure - the state Transportation Dept realized
that similar geographic areas had common needs for transportation)!! So,
we simply used their map with some modifications that appeared to make sense
(for instance: we included Orange county in the "Triangle" instead of the
"Triad"). We don't claim that this mapping is perfect, but it's a
reasonable place to start! If you have any suggestions for changes we
would love to hear them ! The nomenclature of the regions was our own
invention (with the obvious adoption of several existing regional names), so don't go
looking in a 5th grade NC social studies text to see if these are the correct
geographic area names...they are not !
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