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

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

Fayetteville leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.

 

About 88% of adults in Fayetteville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fayetteville, ~48% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fayetteville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fayetteville leans more Democratic than 34 of 60 neighbors.

Fayetteville runs about 13 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Fayetteville sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fayetteville. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+52) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+26), a spread of about 78 points.

Why Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Fayetteville is about 45%, about 27 points below the U.S. average of 72%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Fayetteville sits in the top quarter (about 43%, above 90% of cities). Fayetteville 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; Fayetteville, GA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Fayetteville looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Fayetteville 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%. 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.