Georgia is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Georgia typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Georgia, ~7% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Georgia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Georgia leans more Republican than 52 of 57 neighbors.
Georgia runs about 65 points more Republican than Texas as a whole.
Why Georgia 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 Georgia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Georgia are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Georgia, TX sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Georgia looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Georgia is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Unity, TX R+79
- Maxey, TX R+78
- Direct, TX R+80
- Selfs, TX R+77
- Sumner, TX R+77
- Tigertown, TX R+77
- Petty, TX R+78
- High, TX R+78
- Honey Grove, TX R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ripplemead, VA R+54
- Rio Nido, CA D+45
- Tocsin, IN R+65
- Bellarthur, NC Even
- Hartford, IN R+57
- Cameron, LA R+74
- Prairie Point, MS D+60
- Sylvan, MN R+36
- Searchlight, NV R+31
- Extension, LA R+59
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Texas Secretary of State, 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.