Arlington, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Arlington

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Arlington leans Democratic by roughly 22 points: about 61% of voters vote Democratic and 39% Republican.

 

About 70% of adults in Arlington typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Arlington, ~43% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Arlington compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Arlington leans more Democratic than 33 of 34 neighbors.

Arlington runs about 23 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Arlington sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Arlington. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+32) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+9), a spread of about 41 points.

Why Arlington leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Arlington, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 41% of adults in Arlington have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 26%). Arlington runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Arlington, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Arlington looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Arlington is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 48%, about 8 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Georgia Elections Division, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.