Clayton County GA

[Husker]

Does anyone have demographic data to back up the hypothesis that this county is a poster child for white flight? The last 7 elections are as follows:

1984: Reagan 72.8% Mondale 27.2%
1988: Bush 65.4% Dukakis 34.1%
1992: Clinton 44.6% Bush 41.3%
1996: Clinton 55.6% Dole 37.3%
2000: Gore 65.2% Bush 32.5%
2004: Kerry 70.5% Bush 29.0%
2008: Obama 82.9% McCain 16.6%

[Ebowed]

It would appear that more minorities are moving in than whites are moving out.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_County,_Georgia

[RBH]

how the split works

1980: 136824 whites, 13532 non-whites
2000: 89734 whites, 146782 non-whites
2006: 54248 whites, 216992 non-whites

so yes, the minority population going up 16 times had more of an impact than the white population going down 40%.. but there's a lot of white flight there, especially if the populatio went down 35K in 6 years

[Mr.Phips]

The county was one of only a handful to vote for Reagan over Carter in 1980, as Carter was beating Reagan statewide 55%-40%.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Yet the Clayton County school system is ultra-right-wing.

[Verily]

The county was one of only a handful to vote for Reagan over Carter in 1980, as Carter was beating Reagan statewide 55%-40%.

That was an urban-rural thing. Historically, Republicans in Georgia, such as they were, won support from the Atlanta metro while Democrats won everything else. The 1980 vote reflects that more than anything; many or even most Carter counties were more "conservative".

[Verily]

Only in the Atlanta area do you get neighborhoods that look like the below that are 80% black. Atlanta is weird and sprawly.

[Nym90]

Yet the Clayton County school system is ultra-right-wing.

The same district that became the first in the nation since 1969 to lose accreditation?

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/28/clayton_schools_accreditation.html

[minionofmidas]

Only in the Atlanta area do you get neighborhoods that look like the below that are 80% black. Atlanta is weird and sprawly.

Prince Georges'?

[Verily]

Only in the Atlanta area do you get neighborhoods that look like the below that are 80% black. Atlanta is weird and sprawly.

Prince Georges'?

Not quite as much. PG County isn't designed in the same "neighborhood with only one road in and out" design that is so characteristic of contemporary sprawl. But you're right, too.