Split Cities
As part of our analysis and look back over 20 years of redistricting in Georgia, in 2020 we discovered that an unprecedented number of Georgia cities are unnecessarily split into multiple districts (known as “cracked”) so that they don’t have a cohesive voice or ability to elect the candidates of their choice to represent them.
Two-thirds of the cities that could be accommodated in one state House district are split into multiple districts.
The data to show how seriously some of these cities have been cracked. Feel free to study and share or learn more on the Georgia Explorer page.
The 2020 “Winners” of the Most Cracked Cities were Lawrenceville and Stonecrest, which were cracked across SIX House districts although they could be drawn into a single district.
These half-dozen cities were cracked into five districts but could easily have been represented by one to four districts.
Our analysis found 86 Georgia towns and cities of at least 10,000 people that are cracked into a greater number of House, Senate, or Congressional districts than required by their population, including 18 cities that are cracked across ALL THREE chambers–House, Senate, and Congress.
- 74 had cracked House districts
- 48 had cracked Senate districts
- 27 had cracked Congressional districts
- 18 had all 3 cracked!
Split Colleges
Further analysis also showed that Georgia’s college campuses were also “cracked,” diminishing the voice of those communities of interest.
Tiny Agnes Scott College, less than one city block in Decatur, has been split in two, like the other campuses shown here.
