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Population loss as in major -- 50% or more.
Source: Wikipedia (Quitman County, Georgetown)
Georgetown-Quitman County is a consolidated government.
Population loss by degrees: 80-90%, 70-79%, 60-69%, 50-59%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
- 8.3% - Quitman County
- 29.9% - Georgia
- 30.9% - U.S.
Percentage of population 65 and older:
- 31.2% - Quitman County
- 13.9% - Georgia
- 16.0% - U.S.
% of population living in poverty:
- 26.1% - Quitman County
- 14.3% - Georgia
- 11.8% - U.S.
In 2016, Quitman County voted for a GOP presidential candidate for the first time since 1972. Trump won 55.1% of the vote. George Wallace won 61.5% of the vote in 1968.
Georgia Secretary of State [now governor] Brian Kemp, the chief elections official in the state, is a pioneer of present-day voter suppression. Mr. Kemp has a record of making it harder for people to register to vote, and more difficult for those voters to remain on the rolls.
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When residents in Quitman County, Ga., elected a majority-black school board for the first time in 2010, Mr. Kemp’s office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation sent armed investigators to interrogate residents about voter fraud and ultimately charged 12 organizers. One Quitman resident, Debra Dennard, was charged with two felonies for helping her partly blind father fill out his absentee ballot. Lula Smart was accused of assisting voters by carrying their sealed absentee ballots to the mailbox. She was charged with 32 felony counts. If convicted, she faced over 100 years in prison.
Wilkes County/Washington. (10/21/2019)
Taliaferro County/Crawfordville. (10/22/2019)
Warren County/Warrenton. (10/23/2019)
Hancock County/Sparta. (10/24/2019)
Talbot County/Talbotton. (10/25/2019)
Baker County/Newton. (10/26/2019)
Terrell County/Dawson. (10/27/2019)
Randolph County/Cuthbert. (10/28/2019)
Clay County/Fort Gaines. (10/29/2019)
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