Fort Benning leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Fort Benning typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Benning, ~13% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Benning compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Benning leans more Republican than 22 of 39 neighbors.
Fort Benning runs about 29 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fort Benning. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+40) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+5), a spread of about 35 points.
Why Fort Benning 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 Fort Benning, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Fort Benning are family households, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Benning, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Fort Benning looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Benning is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and more than 99% of households in Fort Benning rent, compared to around 37% in nearby cities. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 6% of homes in Fort Benning have more than one occupant per room, above 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cusseta, GA R+14
- Fort Benning South, GA R+19
- Columbus, GA D+31
- Nuckols, AL D+48
- Phenix City, AL R+3
- Fort Mitchell, AL D+13
- Oswichee, AL Even
- Midland, GA R+6
- Holy Trinity, AL R+26
- Smiths Station, AL R+40
Cities with Similar Populations
- Windber, PA R+39
- Ardmore, AL R+53
- Cannon Falls, MN R+25
- Aumsville, OR R+35
- Houston, MS R+19
- Interlochen, MI R+15
- Belcamp, MD D+21
- Marlow Heights, MD D+83
- Clermont, GA R+70
- Normandy Park, WA D+30
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.