So, why do the liberal hippies of Asheville vote for Bush?
Kerry won Asheville city, 60% to 39%. Bush landslided the rest of the county (not so much suburbs as satellite towns). I'm not sure I'd call a >1/3 black city that gave Kerry 60% "hippie," but it's liberal.
Anyone know much about Swannanoa? It's a small town outside of Asheville that voted Kerry. It's heavily white, but seems identical to the other parts of the county where Bush landslided. It was a close victory (carried by one of three precincts) though.
Warren Wilson college is located there, a small school of about 900 students The precinct Kerry did win he won by 41, while the two he lost were 12 & 28. Fact finder is down so can't match the precinct up right now, but more than likely the Precinct Kerry won is the one where the college is located, and the school probably makes up a large amount of the precinct's votes.
