GA: 2018 Lt. Gubernatorial Primary Election Results

[GMantis]

New Election: 2018 Georgia Lt. Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results
    
    

[Bacon King]

Rick Jeffares (green) has such a strange combination of counties won and I have no idea what to make of it.

He won his district in the Atlanta suburbs, that much is obvious, but why that random string of counties across the onion belt then jutting up into the black belt?



I know that area very well (lot of family down there) and I have no idea why green counties are green but the surrounding counties that are otherwise very similar have nearly no votes for Jeffares at all

[GMantis]

Changed the title and added the results from the Democratic primary as well:



This seems more logical when you consider the race of the candidates (Amico is white, James is black).

[GMantis]

Rick Jeffares (green) has such a strange combination of counties won and I have no idea what to make of it.

He won his district in the Atlanta suburbs, that much is obvious, but why that random string of counties across the onion belt then jutting up into the black belt?



I know that area very well (lot of family down there) and I have no idea why green counties are green but the surrounding counties that are otherwise very similar have nearly no votes for Jeffares at all

I imagine they liked some policy he advocated while he was State Senator.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Changed the title and added the results from the Democratic primary as well:



This seems more logical when you consider the race of the candidates (Amico is white, James is black).

This is about how I thought the Dem Governor primary was going to pan out. With a few counties switched here and there.

[Bacon King]

Changed the title and added the results from the Democratic primary as well:



This seems more logical when you consider the race of the candidates (Amico is white, James is black).

Honestly the strangest thing about this map is how different it is from a typical "white candidate vs black candidate" democratic primary map. At a glance here are a few of the most obvious examples:

DeKalb: 54% black but 59% Amico
Jefferson: 55% black but 57% Amico
Baker: 60% black but 52% Amico
Bibb: 52% black but 54% Amico

Lee: 20% black but 53% James
Coffee: 28% black but 57% James
Putnam: 27% black but 50% James

very fascinating to me

[Bacon King]

I imagine they liked some policy he advocated while he was State Senator.

now that you mention it there are a lot of prisons and detention centers in that band of counties. idk what (if anything) he advocated relevant to prisons but otherwise those dark green southern counties don't really have anything else in common