sentences:  Since its formation in 1911 no Democratic presidential candidate has obtained forty percent of the county's vote, and only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Jimmy Carter in 1976 have received so much as thirty percent.An illustration of Avery County's rock-ribbed Republicanism can be seen in 1936 when Alf Landon won the county by 55.96 percentage points, making it Landon's fifth-strongest county in the nation despite North Carolina being lost to Franklin Roosevelt by 46.80 percent.Avery County is part of the 45th NC Senate District which includes Avery, Caldwell and Burke Counties.