Cataula is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 91% of adults in Cataula typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cataula, ~23% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cataula compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cataula leans more Republican than 40 of 55 neighbors.
Cataula runs about 48 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Why Cataula 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 Cataula, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Cataula are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Cataula, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Cataula looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cataula is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Cataula own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Kingsboro, GA R+39
- Midland, GA R+6
- Ellerslie, GA R+47
- Mountain Hill, GA R+52
- Hamilton, GA R+43
- Piney Grove, GA R+56
- Upatoi, GA R+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- Turner, ME R+37
- Camden, OH R+64
- Clatskanie, OR R+31
- Morrisonville, NY R+11
- Holden, LA R+78
- Butler, IN R+56
- Evart, MI R+45
- Crewe, VA R+18
- Big Lake, AK R+39
- New Market, VA R+40
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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.