US House Redistricting: Georgia

[MatthewZD]

I grew up in Calhoun, right in the middle of carpet country.  It's always surprised me that there was never a district centered around the Dalton-Rome-Cartersville triangle. 

[MatthewZD]

I decided to try my hand at reapportionment and all I have to say is "yeesh, pass the Aleve, I've got a headache."  South GA is a challenge trying to get a couple of majority minority districts without them looking like gerrymandered messes. 

However, I did manage a fairly compact complete plurality district in northeast Atlanta.  I'll post a photo of it later on, but it's around Chamblee, Doraville, Tucker, and Duluth stretching down to Redan, Centerville, and Lithonia.  36.9% black, 27.3% white, 23.9% hispanic, and 9.6% Asian. 

[MatthewZD]

What's with Decatur? I have a 66% white seat around there that was almost 78% for Obama, this is the best performance among whites I've seen for Obama in the state.

It's always been a fairly liberal area compared to the rest of the state.  Plus, two colleges - Agnes Scott and Emory - are there so that most likely contributes to the liberal lean of the area.