10th Congressional District of Georgia Run-Off Election Map

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Republican Jim Whitehead and Republican Paul Broun faced off in a run-off for the 10th Congressional District of Georgia. The district consists of one very liberal town (Athens) and one very conservative town (Augusta, the larger of the two). The Georgia Republican party annointed Jim Whitehead and he was definitely the front-runner (took 44% in the original election). His challenger, Paul Broun is from the more liberal town and was considered the "outsider". Because of these two facts, i.e., Jim Whitehead was chosen by the Republican Party and Paul Broun is from Athens, the liberals and Democrats came out in huge numbers. As a result of this (and poor turnout in Augusta for Whitehead) Broun is ahead by ~300 votes.

Georgia law allows a recount if the difference is less than 1% (which it is) so there are no final results yet.

Anyhow, all of that is background. I really just wanted to show off the map I modified to show the election results. :) How does it look?

Disclaimer: Map created by Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia



Edit: Style and smaller image.