Islands in the South

There is a little county in eastern Kentucky that, for almost a century and a half now, has bucked the general Southern trend of conservatism. Welcome to Elliott County, "where Nature and the arts meet in harmony," according to the official website ~ a place of winding two-lane roads and almost as many churches as there are barns. The older residents remember the day electricity came to town.
   Rocky Adkins, the area's political representative, explains: "Our Democratic principles and how we're registered to vote was handed down from generation to generation." Although the residents are socially conservative, they also are aware of how unions and government programs like the works programs of the New Deal once saved their families ~ and still do: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/solid-south-democratic-party-kentucky_n_3151539.html