The saddest thing is that Athens is in this district...
Well, Athens is pretty much screwed in political representation. Its a small blue dot surrounded by a sea of rural redness, there's no good way a district that has Athens to have a democrat congressperson without gerrymandering.
False!
I see Broun lives in Athens.
I think it is kind of hilarious how UGA students get represented by a ridiculously rightwing congressman, since I think the university is quite liberal.
Well, Athens is pretty much screwed in political representation. Its a small blue dot surrounded by a sea of rural redness, there's no good way a district that has Athens to have a democrat congressperson without gerrymandering.
Obama won 52-48, it's pretty similar to John Barrow's old district.
I'll do you one better:
Here are
three congressional districts, each of which do not overlap one another at all, except for Clarke County-Athens (shown in black). The entirety Dem/Rep Obama/McCain results of each district is shown below (includes Clarke-Athens portion). While none are blow-outs, that's not really the point: each of them could be competitive, majority-white districts with Athens.
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