Chatham Parkway, Savannah, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Chatham Parkway

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

Chatham Parkway leans heavily Democratic by roughly 42 points: about 71% of voters vote Democratic and 29% Republican.

 

About 31% of adults in Chatham Parkway typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Chatham Parkway, ~22% vote Democratic, ~9% Republican, and ~69% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Chatham Parkway compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Chatham Parkway leans more Democratic than 2 of 3 neighbors.

Chatham Parkway runs about 44 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Chatham Parkway sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Chatham Parkway. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+51) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+7), a spread of about 58 points.

Why Chatham Parkway 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 Chatham Parkway, 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 53% of residents in Chatham Parkway are Black or African American, about 28 points above the Georgia average of 25%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 74% of adults in Chatham Parkway have never been married, above 98% of neighborhoods. Chatham Parkway runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Chatham Parkway, Savannah, GA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Chatham Parkway looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Chatham Parkway 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 49%, about 7 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 96% of households in Chatham Parkway rent, compared to around 45% in nearby neighborhoods. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 33% of adults in Chatham Parkway report food insecurity, above 87% of neighborhoods. 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.