High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina is located in the central region of the state and contains most of the area commonly known as The Triangle. It includes all of Durham and Orange counties, part of Wake County and a small section of Chatham County. The 4th district picks up the most Republican areas of Wake County, such as Apex, Cary, and much of North Raleigh in order to help make the neighboring 13th and 2nd districts more Democratic. For instance, Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the Wake County portion of the district in 2008 by 51-48%, a difference of less than 8,000 votes in between the two candidates.In contrast, Obama won Wake County overall by a much greater margin of 56-43%, and Obama swept the 4th district as a whole by 63-36%. Any Republican strength in Wake County is more than balanced out by the two Democratic strongholds of Orange and Durham Counties, where Obama received 72% and 76%, respectively, his two...