Flint leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Flint typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Flint, ~40% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Flint compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Flint leans more Democratic than 30 of 32 neighbors.
Flint runs about 26 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Flint sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Flint. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+64) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+21), a spread of about 85 points.
Why Flint 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 Flint, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 43% of adults in Flint have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 23%). Flint runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Flint, GA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Flint looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Flint 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 45%, about 11 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Camilla, GA D+11
- Greenough, GA R+26
- Baconton, GA R+37
- Sale City, GA R+61
- Pebble City, GA R+63
- Pelham, GA R+8
- Greenwood, GA R+30
- Newton, GA R+8
- Putney, GA R+9
- Ticknor, GA R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Circle Hill, OH R+64
- Climax, CO D+31
- Wickliffe, LA R+7
- Clarksville, IL R+54
- Westminster, NC R+64
- White Hill, VA R+41
- Meg, AR R+70
- Melvine, TN R+72
- Max, IN R+56
- Curran, MI R+45
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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.