After 2020 Census, the Pensacola City Council redrew the district boundaries. Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender pointed out the most significant change was moving the St. John Divine Precinct 90 out of District 6 and into District 5. Malcolm Yonge Precinct 50 was replaced with Bayview Precinct 40.
The changes increased White voters from 3.855 to 4,861 – a 1,006-vote increase that raised the percentage of White voters from 58% to 78%. The Black voters dropped from 2,369 (35%) to only 908 (15%).
| District 6 | |||
| 15 County/City Hall | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 289 | 855 | 566 |
| Black | 4 | 16 | 12 |
| Hispanic | 4 | 21 | 17 |
| Other | 12 | 46 | 34 |
| Total | 309 | 938 | 629 |
| 29 Mt. Olive | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 1330 | 808 | -522 |
| Black | 479 | 450 | -29 |
| Hispanic | 30 | 28 | -2 |
| Other | 120 | 90 | -30 |
| Total | 1959 | 1376 | -583 |
| 31 Christ Church | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 1177 | 1303 | 126 |
| Black | 829 | 368 | -461 |
| Hispanic | 46 | 40 | -6 |
| Other | 132 | 103 | -29 |
| Total | 2184 | 1814 | -370 |
| 50 Malcolm Yonge | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 527 | 0 | -527 |
| Black | 71 | 0 | -71 |
| Hispanic | 10 | 0 | -10 |
| Other | 27 | 0 | -27 |
| Total | 635 | 0 | -635 |
| 90 St. John Divine | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 532 | 0 | -532 |
| Black | 986 | 0 | -986 |
| Hispanic | 24 | 0 | -24 |
| Other | 75 | 0 | -75 |
| Total | 1617 | 0 | -1617 |
| 40 Bayview | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 0 | 1895 | 1895 |
| Black | 0 | 74 | 74 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| Other | 0 | 77 | 77 |
| Total | 0 | 2074 | 2074 |
| Grand Total | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 3855 | 4861 | 1006 |
| Black | 2369 | 908 | -1461 |
| Hispanic | 114 | 117 | 3 |
| Other | 366 | 316 | -50 |
| Total | 6704 | 6202 | -502 |
ELECTION IMPACT
The shift in demographics led to incumbent District 6 Council member Ann Hill losing her seat to newcomer Allison Patton. Patton won by 325 votes, with the increase in downtown voters at the City Hall Precinct #15 and the influx of White voters at Bayview Precinct 40. Those two precincts gave her 417 more votes than Hill, where the White voters comprise 91% of the registered voters.
The only precinct with a Black majority, Mt. Olive Baptist, gave Hill 410 votes to Patton’s 277.
| District 6 | 2018 | ||
| Hansen | Hill | ||
| 15 BCC/City Hall | 109 | 78 | 31 |
| 29 Mt. Olive | 426 | 599 | -173 |
| 31 Christ Church | 423 | 664 | -241 |
| 40 Bayview | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 Malcolm Yonge | 160 | 172 | -12 |
| 90 St. John Divine | 279 | 496 | -217 |
| 1397 | 2009 | -612 | |
| 2022 | |||
| Patton | Hill | ||
| 15 BCC/City Hall | 364 | 187 | 177 |
| 29 Mt. Olive | 277 | 410 | -133 |
| 31 Christ Church | 524 | 483 | 41 |
| 40 Bayview | 807 | 567 | 240 |
| 50 Malcolm Yonge | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 St. John Divine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1647 | 325 |
LITTLE IMPACT TO D5
The redistricting changed the demographic percentages in District 5, but not as much as it did in District 6. The overall percentage of White votes went from 50% to 44%; Black percentage from 43% to 49.5%. White votes dropped by 446 voters; Black voters increased only 391.
| 41 Bayview | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 1994 | 1226 | -768 |
| Black | 243 | 161 | -82 |
| Hispanic | 48 | 35 | -13 |
| Other | 101 | 60 | -41 |
| Total | 2386 | 1482 | -904 |
| 98 Macedonia | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 1162 | 947 | -215 |
| Black | 2432 | 2046 | -386 |
| Hispanic | 67 | 60 | -7 |
| Other | 206 | 171 | -35 |
| Total | 3867 | 3224 | -643 |
| St. John Divine | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 0 | 537 | 537 |
| Black | 0 | 859 | 859 |
| Hispanic | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Other | 0 | 74 | 74 |
| Total | 0 | 1487 | 1487 |
| Grand Total | 10/31/20 | 11/30/22 | |
| White | 3156 | 2710 | -446 |
| Black | 2675 | 3066 | 391 |
| Hispanic | 115 | 112 | -3 |
| Other | 307 | 305 | -2 |
| Total | 6253 | 6193 | -60 |
Thank you for reporting on this! We feel the redistricting lost an important voice for many black voters who used to reside in D6. The council used to be D3, d7 with a strong voice also in D6 with Ann Hill. Since the redistricting, the developer class got a solid majority on council, especially from downtown. It’s so sad. D6 used to be majority minority when I was a kid! The loss of representation directly influences the votes to increase gentrification disguised as “progress” and the tragic loss of the historic black communities downtown.