US House Redistricting: Georgia

[JacobNC]

GEORGIA: 8-6 DEMOCRATIC GERRYMANDER

***All Democratic districts are majority-minority***



Atlanta Close-up:



District 1 (light green): Southeastern Georgia

Jack Kingston (R)
SAFE REPUBLICAN

68% John McCain
31% Barack Obama

71% White
21% Black

District 2 (yellow): Southwestern Georgia

Sanford Bishop (D)
LIKELY DEMOCRATIC

55% Barack Obama
45% John McCain

48% White
45% Black

District 3 (light purple): Stretching from North of Columbus around Atlanta to Gainesville

Lynn Westmoreland (R)
SAFE REPUBLICAN

68% John McCain
31% Barack Obama

76% White
18% Black

District 4 (gold): East Atlanta (DeKalb)

Hank Johnson (D)
SAFE DEMOCRATIC

60% Barack Obama
40% John McCain

47% White
26% Black
19% Hispanic

District 5 (dark green):  Atlanta (Fulton)

John Lewis (D)
SAFE DEMOCRATIC

66% Barack Obama
34% John McCain

46% White
40% Black

District 6 (sky blue): Northwest ATL Suburbs

Tom Price (R)
SAFE REPUBLICAN

71% John McCain
28% Barack Obama

78% White
9% Black

District 7 (gray): East DeKalb, Gwinnett

Rob Woodall (R)
LIKELY DEMOCRAT

56% Barack Obama
44% John McCain

48% White
40% Black

District 8 (blue): South-Central GA

Austin Scott (R)
SAFE REPUBLICAN

64% John McCain
36% Barack Obama

68% White
25% Black

District 9 (peach): Northeast GA

Tom Graves (R)
SAFE REPUBLICAN

73% John McCain
26% Barack Obama

83% White
9% Black

District 10 (pink): Stretches from DeKalb to Athens

Paul Broun (R)
LEAN DEMOCRATIC (Likely Dem if Broun is running - Hallelujah!)

54% Barack Obama
45% John McCain

48% White
27% Black
14% Hispanic

District 11 (red): Northwest GA

Phil Gingrey (R)
SAFE REPUBLICAN

70% John McCain
29% Barack Obama

82% White
7% Black

District 12 (bright green): Augusta to Savannah

John Barrow (D)
SAFE DEMOCRATIC - but maybe not for him!

65% Barack Obama
34% John McCain

51% Black
43% White

District 13 (dark blue): West of Atlanta

OPEN DISTRICT (Scott moves to 14th)
LEAN DEMOCRATIC

54% Barack Obama
45% John McCain

49% White
35% Black
11% Hispanic

District 14 (olive): South Atlanta (Clayton)

David Scott (D)
SAFE DEMOCRATIC

64% Barack Obama
35% John McCain

51% Black
38% White

[JacobNC]

is there a metropolitan area as politically diverse as the Atlanta area? You can dry a compact 94% Obama district without trying, but you can also draw a compact 75% McCain district in the northern perimeter of the area.

Maybe Dallas or Houston.

I was thinking of drawing a Republican gerrymander to see how black I can make a district.  Currently the blackest district in the US is only around 65% black (in Chicago).  You could probably make an 85-95% black district in South Atlanta.

Also... I made this map a while ago to see how many majority-minority districts I could make.  I only made minor changes when I got the election data, but if you unpack John Lewis & Hank Johnson's districts you might be able to shore up the 10th and 13th.  You may also be able to make a hispanic majority district but I don't know if that would be ideal for a Democratic gerrymander.