sentences:  However, the 1960s onwards had Onslow turn to George Wallace in 1968 and then overwhelmingly to Richard Nixon over George McGovern in 1972.Since then, Onslow has become a strongly Republican county; the last Democrat to carry it was Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Carter in 1980 remains the last of his party to top 40%.Onslow County is a member of the regional Eastern Carolina Council of Governments.