So who voted for Madison Cawthorn?

You wonder, we answer.

The accused insurrectionist Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who is Scandal Incarnate, represents (as of this writing) North Carolina’s 11th Congressional district. Cawthorn took the place of eventual TFG chief of staff Mark Meadows, who is also heavily enmeshed in all things Jan. 6th.

Makes you wonder about NC-11, doesn’t it?

So far, Cawthorn’s defense have been found wanting.

Pretty much from the get-go, 26-year old Rep. Cawthorn has stumbled and fumbled his way through D.C life, so do you ever wonder precisely who put him there?

North Carolin’s 11th Congressional District is way off on the western tail end of the state, and includes roughly 773,000 people, the vast majority of whom are U.S.-born. Of those 773k people, 661k identify as white. Some 13.2% are uninsured. The median age (2019 figures) is just shy of 46, and median household income (2019) was just under $52k (the Census says it’s $49,951; we can argue about the difference later).

(By comparison, my own Congressional district — Connecticut’s 2nd — has 701k people, 566k of whom are white. Just under 4% is uninsured. The median age (2019 figures) is 42.3, and the median household income (2019) was $80,280. For information about your own district, go here.)

The 11th is heavily Republican, though it is anchored by the Democratic city Asheville, though that status could change. The state over all has more Democrats than Republicans. (Young voters in North Carolina tend to be unaffiliated.) Roughly 20% of children live in poverty. Some 26.5% of the district’s residents have a bachelor’s degree or more (the U.S. rate is 32.9%).

The 11th (according to the Charlotte Observer newspaper) has always been pretty bare-knuckles, politics-wise. As a swing state, North Carolina is just one big ball of fascinating — as are its voters, most of whom appear to be feeling buyer’s remorse over their vote for Cawthorn.