Map-Analysis of the Georgia Senate Runoff

[Filuwaúrdjan]

This is part one of (at least) two. Part two coming in a few minutes.

First map shows the percentage change for Martin between rounds one and two.

Second map blanks out all counties where Martin polled over 40% in round one.

Third map blanks out all counties where Martin polled over 30% in round one.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

First set: based on Obama's % in November.

Second set: based on Black % in the 2000 census (so be warned about demographic changes in some Atlanta suburbs).

[Sam Spade]

Says to me about what I expected it to say. 

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yeah, same here. Though the big fall around Augusta is a bit of a surprise; suppose it could just be abormally high black turnout in November and all that. Thurmond and Goldwater both did very, very well there so...

[nclib]

Could you explain the map keys as they are a bit hard to read. Also, which white-majority counties did Martin win in the run-off?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Could you explain the map keys as they are a bit hard to read.

The bluer the county, the bigger the fall in Martin's percentage. He gained in pinkish ones. If you mean the second post, that's just brackets. So all counties where Obama polled between 40% and 50%, say.

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Chatham (that is, Savannah), Twiggs, Wilkinson, Baldwin, Chattahoochee, Quitman, Clarke (that is, Athens). Clarke the only one above 60% white.