Like the election results from across the country, results from across the state show a mixed bag, with some Republican gains but also some important setbacks. The same goes for Western North Carolina, where the political landscape will change, but not by much. An expected "blue wave" prophesized by Democrats didn't exactly materialize on Nov. 6, and Haywood County Republican Party Chair Ken Henson thinks he knows why. "I do think people are tired of wanting to go towards socialism. They don't want no part of socialism," said Henson. "I think the Democrat Party has gone towards socialism. People are fed up with it." Haywood Republicans, along with the rest of the western part of the state saw many of their candidates perform well, including Congressman Mark Meadows, who handily defeated his closest of two opponents by more than 20 percentage points. Republicans also flipped the Haywood Commission from a 3-2 Dem majority to a 4-1 advantage with the elections of Republicans Mark Pless