Barton Chapel, Augusta, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Barton Chapel

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

Barton Chapel is a Democratic stronghold. About 87% of voters here vote Democratic and 13% Republican.

 

About 62% of adults in Barton Chapel typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Barton Chapel, ~54% vote Democratic, ~8% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Barton Chapel compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Barton Chapel leans more Democratic than 11 of 13 neighbors.

Barton Chapel runs about 75 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Barton Chapel sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Barton Chapel. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+80) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+58), a spread of about 22 points.

Why Barton Chapel leans the way it does

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

Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 82% of residents in Barton Chapel are Black or African American, about 57 points above the Georgia average of 25%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 53% of adults in Barton Chapel have never been married, above 87% of neighborhoods. Barton Chapel runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Barton Chapel, Augusta, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Barton Chapel looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Barton Chapel 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 42%, about 14 points below the Georgia average of 56%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 42% of adults in Barton Chapel report food insecurity, above 94% of neighborhoods. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Barton Chapel have completed high school, below 87% of neighborhoods. 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.