Back about a hundred years before the American Revolutionary War, Carolina (which was chartered by King Charles II, and is Latin for “Charles land”) was originally formed up. In the early 18th century, however, it split up into North Carolina and South Carolina. And while just about everybody knows that it happened, not too many people actually know why that is the case. After all, it would not even be that large of a state, even if the two halves were to get back together again. And a lot of different states that have had issues within themselves have ended up either being called by different state names (such as Ohio and Indiana), or have ended up staying together no matter what (such as Texas). But in the case of the Carolinas, it just was not meant to be.
North Carolina is the more aristocratic of the two states, simply because it is, and has always been ruled over by the elites. From the very beginning, it has had the most arable land, and has thus been used for growing valuable cash crops. Of course, since North Carolina does not have a very good harbor for itself, it often relies on the use of Virginian docks for the transport of agricultural goods. South Carolina, on the other hand, is a much different story.
The common people of South Carolina eventually decided that they would have no more of the aristocratic domination which originally began the state. Since the United States is no monarchy, having an oligarchical arrangement simply did not suit the people, who wanted to live for themselves and work for their own interests. As such, the lovely harbors that line most of the South Carolina coast are used less for the transportation of agricultural goods, and more for the transportation of industrially produced goods. In this way, the two states have separate political cultures about them, and each operate by their own consciences.