Cabbage Town is a Democratic stronghold. About 85% of voters here vote Democratic and 15% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Cabbage Town typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cabbage Town, ~56% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cabbage Town compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Cabbage Town leans more Democratic than 12 of 24 neighbors.
Cabbage Town runs about 72 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Cabbage Town sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Cabbage Town 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 Cabbage Town, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Cabbage Town live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Cabbage Town sits in the top quarter (about 73%, above 92% of neighborhoods). Cabbage Town runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Cabbage Town, Atlanta, GA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Cabbage Town looks the way it does
Turnout in Cabbage Town 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 Neighborhoods
- Atlanta-Inman Park, Atlanta, GA D+56
- Sweet Auburn, Atlanta, GA D+72
- Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA D+59
- Grant Park, Atlanta, GA D+71
- Five Points, Atlanta, GA D+76
- Poncey-Highland, Atlanta, GA D+67
- Candler Park, Atlanta, GA D+64
- Ormewood Park-East Atlanta, Atlanta, GA D+67
- Edgewood-Kirkwood, Atlanta, GA D+75
- Mechanicsville, Atlanta, GA D+80
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- middletown, Bethlehem, PA Even
- Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX D+20
- Rmma, Austin, TX D+61
- South Beach, Fort Pierce, FL R+24
- Townsend-Raitt, Santa Ana, CA D+34
- South Shore, Alameda, CA D+59
- Social, Woonsocket, RI D+19
- Samuel A Rothermel, Oak Park, IL D+73
- Fircrest, Vancouver, WA D+21
- South Southeast 3, Topeka, KS D+7
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.