Ben Hill, Atlanta, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Ben Hill

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

Ben Hill is a Democratic stronghold. About 92% of voters here vote Democratic and 8% Republican.

 

About 74% of adults in Ben Hill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ben Hill, ~68% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Ben Hill compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Ben Hill is the least Democratic-leaning.

Ben Hill runs about 86 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Ben Hill sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Ben Hill. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+88) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+73), a spread of about 15 points.

Why Ben Hill 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 Ben Hill, 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 92% of residents in Ben Hill are Black or African American, about 68 points above the Georgia average of 25%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 48% of adults in Ben Hill have never been married, above 79% of neighborhoods. Ben Hill runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Ben Hill, Atlanta, GA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Ben Hill looks the way it does

Turnout in Ben Hill sits close to the national pattern. 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.