643,193 Voters on TSplost Day, July 31. Who Were They?

November 2, 2012 8:00 am

by Mark Rountree · 4 comments

There were 643,193 voters who voted in the July 31 primaries in the 10 Metro Atlanta Counties — aka the “Atlanta T-Splost Region.”  Here’s a quick review of the demographic and political composition of the voters that day.

BY POLITICAL PARTY

50.6% of voters voted in the Republican Primary

43.9% of voters voted in the Democratic Primary

5.6% voters voted a Non-Partisan ballot

BY RACE

63.2% of voters were white

29.3% of voters were black

Among White Voters

73.6% of white voters voted in the Republican Primary

20% of white voters voted in the Democratic Primary

Among Black Voters

3% of black votes voted in the Republican Primary

94.2% voted in the Democratic Primary

 

{ 4 comments }

oscardagrch November 2, 2012 at 8:44 am

Ahhh….who said race has no role in politics…..

Stefan November 2, 2012 at 10:04 am

Nobody. Nobody has ever said that.

Harry November 2, 2012 at 11:07 am

Paging Dr. Joseph Lowery.

The Last Democrat in Georgia November 2, 2012 at 12:15 pm

T-SPLOST is sooooooo 3 months and 2 days ago…but I’m still glad that thing is DEAD!

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