GA-08 Georgia's 8th District

Candidate

Predicted Vote %

Predicted Win %

Austin Scott

near 100%

100.0%

-

near 0%

0.0%

BPI

Blair Partisan Index

Measures how strongly a district leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party compared to the nation as a whole.

 

-14.6%

SEER Prediction

SEER Prediction

Forecasted Democratic % of vote, without considering national mood or polling.

 

31.1%

District Profile Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.

Georgia’s eighth congressional district is located in the south of the state between the first and second districts. It is largely rural, but does contain part of Macon, as well as other smaller towns. The population of 710,108 (as of 2016) is about 63% white. The district has been solidly Republican for 10 years, with incumbent Austin Scott having won every election since 2010. This will be his third unopposed election in that span.

District Updates and Posts