Charles, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Charles

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

Charles leans Democratic by roughly 26 points: about 63% of voters vote Democratic and 37% Republican.

 

About 37% of adults in Charles typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Charles, ~23% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Charles compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Charles leans more Democratic than 28 of 34 neighbors.

Charles runs about 29 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Charles sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Charles. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+43) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+11), a spread of about 54 points.

Why Charles 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 Charles, 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 82% of residents in Charles are Black or African American, about 57 points above the Georgia average of 25%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 49% of adults in Charles have never been married, above 98% of cities. Charles runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout

Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Charles, GA does.

Why turnout in Charles looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Charles is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 41%, about 15 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 43% of households in Charles rent, compared to around 26% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 36% of adults in Charles report food insecurity, above 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.