sentences:  Since 1928, a Republican has only cleared 40 percent of the vote only five times, the last being Ronald Reagan in 1984.Chapel Hill and Carrboro have a reputation for being two of the most liberal communities in the Southern United States.Carrboro was the first municipality in North Carolina to elect an openly gay mayor, Mike Nelson (who also served as an Orange County commissioner from 2006 to 2010), and the first municipality in the state to grant domestic-partner benefits to same-sex couples.