Poll Results Released Today Shows Registered Voters Want Brookhaven to Incorporate

The following are the results released Wednesday from a poll conducted by an independent polling agency commissioned by Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-80).

Jacobs announced this month that he would commission the survey to determine the community's climate on issues of annexation or incorporation. 

John Garst, president of Rosetta Stone Communications (no affiliation with Rosetta Stone language learning company), said his company polled 227 registered voters out of the 6,000 voters in the Montgomery, Ashford Parkside, and Ashford Dunwoody voting precincts, which together are roughly bounded by I-285 to the north, the Fulton-DeKalb line to the west, Windsor Parkway to the south, and the Chamblee city limits to the east.

Garst said the company, which has conducted several polls for Mike Jacobs in the past, used a method called Interactive Voice Response (IVR) to poll voters on a series of questions over the course of three nights.

"It’s a very high number," Garst said of the polling sample.  "There are polls from the presidency that include about 200 people. This poll is almost five percent of the entire electorate. It's an enormous sample for an area that size."

The results are as follows:

There has been a discussion recently to gauge whether or not certain areas of North DeKalb should be allowed to annex into a neighboring city such as Dunwoody or Chamblee or incorporate into a new city.  Have you heard or read anything about these discussions?

Have heard/read about                        83.8%

Have not heard/read about                 14.4%

Not sure                                                      1.8%

Would you favor or oppose legislation that would allow residents of unincorporated North DeKalb County to choose whether to annex into an existing city or create a new city for themselves?

Would favor                            63.5%

Would oppose                         18.0%

No opinion                              18.5%

Democrats (68 out of 227 respondents)

Would favor                            61.0%             

Would oppose                        21.9%

No opinion                              17.1%

Republicans (85 out of 227 respondents)

Would favor                            69.3%

Would oppose                        15.8%

No opinion                              14.9%

Independents (74 out of 227 respondents)

Would favor                            59.1%

Would oppose                        17.1%

No opinion                              23.8%

If legislation were to pass the General Assembly so as to allow residents to determine whether to stay in unincorporated DeKalb County or join an existing city or create a new city, what would be your preference? Your choices will be:  1. annex into the City of Chamblee, 2. annex into the City of Dunwoody, 3. become part of a new city to be known as the City of Brookhaven, or 4. just remain in unincorporated DeKalb County. Would you vote to …

Create City of Brookhaven      30.8%

Join Dunwoody                       19.0%

Join Chamblee                         10.3%

Remain unincorporated         21.6%

No opinion                                18.3%