Blue Ridge is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Blue Ridge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Blue Ridge, ~17% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Blue Ridge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Blue Ridge leans more Republican than 12 of 39 neighbors.
Blue Ridge runs about 57 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Why Blue Ridge 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 Blue Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Blue Ridge votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 36%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.
Park access and Democratic lean
Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Blue Ridge, GA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Blue Ridge looks the way it does
Turnout in Blue Ridge 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.
Nearby Cities
- Lucius, GA R+59
- Epworth, GA R+65
- Mineral Bluff, GA R+66
- Cherrylog, GA R+58
- McCaysville, GA R+62
- Oasis, GA R+66
- Goose Island, GA R+62
- Morganton, GA R+62
- Copperhill, TN R+71
- Ducktown, TN R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Taos, NM D+50
- Ilion, NY R+22
- Norwell, MA D+14
- Franklin Park, NJ D+39
- Sauk Village, IL D+59
- Pleasant Valley, NY R+7
- Grants, NM R+9
- Wareham Center, MA Even
- Fort Myers Beach, FL R+29
- Marysville, MI R+26
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.