Belair, Augusta, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Belair

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

Belair leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.

 

About 72% of adults in Belair typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Belair, ~51% vote Democratic, ~21% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Belair compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Belair leans more Democratic than 4 of 10 neighbors.

Belair runs about 44 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Belair sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Belair. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+67) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+28), a spread of about 39 points.

Why Belair 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 Belair, 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 54% of residents in Belair are Black or African American, about 29 points above the Georgia average of 25%. Belair 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; Belair, Augusta, GA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Belair looks the way it does

Turnout in Belair sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.