Plausible, but it turns out to be mistaken. Look at this map of results in South Carolina: http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/SC http:

Plausible, but it turns out to be mistaken. Look at this map of results in South Carolina: http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/SC http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/S... County population is negatively correlated with voting for Obama.