Politics & Government
Voters Closer to Atlanta Supported TSPLOST
A graphic from the Atlanta Regional Commission shows that the further precincts were from the city, the less residents backed the transportation tax.
The transportation tax that would have raised sales taxes 1 percent over 10 years to fund $8.5 billion worth of transportation projects failed in the July 31 primaries in all 10 metro Atlanta counties.
The closer voters were to the city of Atlanta, the more they favored the tax, according to the above map provided by the Atlanta Regional Commission.
In some counties, precincts near interstates appear to have more strongly supported the tax, commonly referred to as TSPLOST.
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The Atlanta District was one of nine Georgia regions to reject the tax; in the other three — the Central Savannah River District, the River Valley District and the Heart of Georgia District — it passed by just a few percentage points in each, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.
Here's the breakdown of how metro Atlanta counties voted:
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35,280 (79%)
44,385 Clayton 16,750 (46%)
19,303 (54%)
36,053 Cobb 38,703 (31%)
85,412 (69%)
124,115 DeKalb 57,915 (48%)
61,792 (52%)
119,707 Douglas 6,383 (32%)
13,534 (68%)
19,917 Fayette 6,677 (24%)
21,712 (76%)
28,389 Fulton 69,064 (49%)
72,365 (51%)
141,429
Gwinnett 28,884 (29%)
70,273 (71%)
99,157 Henry 9,405 (29%)
23,371 (71%)
32,776 Rockdale 5,433 (30%)
12,484 (70%)
17,917
Total:
248,319 (37%)
415,526 (63%)
663,845
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