Georgia

House Districts: 13
Voting Age Population
  2002: 6,357,000
  2000:  5,893,000
  1998:  5,678,000
  1990: 4,750,913
Redistricting, 2001-2002
Monopoly (D) / VRA

Presidential Vote
2000:  Gore 43, Bush 55, Nader 1
1996:  Clinton 46, Dole 47, Perot 6
1992:   Clinton 43.5, Bush 43, Perot 13
U.S. House: 8 GOP, 5 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 4 (+1D, +1R, 2D)
Facts in Focus: Georgia 1982 to 2002

How Georgia Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 36^th Margin of Victory: 41^th Landslide Index: 16^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 9^th Representation Index: 36^th Voter Participation: 43^rd
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
27.6

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Voter Turnout
30.2%

Representation Index
22.5%

Wasted Votes
25.4%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
14.2 / 40.7

Drop-Off Voters
5.4%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
49.1%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
58-42-0

Seats for (R�D�O%)
62-38

Seat Changes
2 (+2D)

High % Turnout, District
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Low % Turnout, District
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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Democracy Index
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31.7

32.2

31

Voter Turnout
47%

29%

40%

29%

41%

Representation Index
27.5%

18.5%

24.7%

20.7%

28.1%

Wasted Votes
41%

36%

38%

28%

31.4%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
50 / 34

55 / 46

15 / 65

15 / 51

14.3 / 59.3

Drop-Off Voters
4.6%

3.1%

5.9%

9%

6.9%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
19%

28%

26%

48%

36.6%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
45�55�0

55�46�0

53�47�0

64�36�0

62�37.9�0

Seats for (R�D�O%)
36�64�0

64�36�0

73�27�0

73�27�0

73�27�0

Seat Changes
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0

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High % Turnout, District
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42 (6)

55 (11)

53 (6)

78.6 (6)

Low % Turnout, District
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24 (2)

31 (5)

21 (1)

39.6 (5)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
8-5

Landslide Index
69.2%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
2

Competitive: 5-10
0

Comfortable: 10-20
2

Landslide: 20-40
0

No Contest: 40+
9

Uncontested
3

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
9 / 13

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
7 / 9

Landslide / Total Incumbent
7 / 9

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
5 / 6

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
2 / 3

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
7

Uncontested Primary
6

Elected Women
1

Elected Minorities
4B

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R�D)	4�7	7�4	8�3	8�3	8�3
Landslide Index	27%	73%	45%	73%	72.7%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	1	1	0	0
Competitive: 5-10	2	0	2	0	1
Comfortable: 10-20	5	2	3	3	2
Landslide: 20-40	1	7	4	3	4
No Contest: 40+	2	1	0	2	3
Uncontested	0	0	1	3	1
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	5 / 11	10 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	4 / 5	8 / 10	11 / 11	11 / 11	11 / 11
Landslide / Total Incumbent	2 / 5	6 / 10	5 / 11	8 / 11	8 / 11
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	0 / 1	3 / 4	4 / 8	6 / 8	6 / 8
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	2 / 4	3 / 6	1 / 3	2 / 3	2 / 3
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	1	3	4	5	5
Uncontested Primary	1	6	9	11	9
Elected Women	1	1	1	1	1
Elected Minorities	3B	3B	3B	3B	3B

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R�D)	1�9	2�8	2�8	1�9	1�9
Landslide Index	90%	80%	90%	90%	60%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	0	0	0	0	2
Competitive: 5-10	0	1	1	0	0
Comfortable: 10-20	1	1	0	1	2
Landslide: 20-40	3	2	3	6	3
No Contest: 40+	3	2	2	1	3
Uncontested	3	4	4	2	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	7 / 10	10 / 10	9 / 10	10 / 10	10 / 10
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	7 / 7	9 / 10	9 / 9	9 / 10	10 / 10
Landslide / Total Incumbent	6 / 7	8 / 10	8 / 9	8 / 10	6 / 10
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	0 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	6 / 6	7 / 9	7 / 7	8 / 8	6 / 9
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	6	7	7	8	6
Uncontested Primary	3	6	8	7	9
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	0
Elected Minorities	0	0	1B	1B	1B

Facts in Focus for Georgia 1982 to 2002
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