Georgia leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican. These figures are model estimates: Vermont did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.
About 91% of adults in Georgia typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Georgia, ~36% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~9% 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 53 of 75 neighbors.
Georgia runs about 53 points more Republican than Vermont as a whole. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Georgia is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
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.
Georgia votes against the grain of Vermont. Vermont leans Democratic overall, while Georgia runs about 53 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Georgia are family households, above 85% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Georgia, VT sits in the top 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 Georgia looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Georgia 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Georgia own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Georgia have completed high school, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Miltonboro, VT R+9
- North Fairfax, VT R+21
- Milton, VT R+9
- Fairfax, VT R+17
- Sanderson Corner, VT R+17
- St. Albans, VT R+12
- St. Albans Bay, VT R+27
- West Milton, VT R+5
- Grand Isle, VT D+13
- Westford, VT D+4
Cities with Similar Populations
- West Liberty, IA R+7
- Moody, TX R+65
- West Lebanon, NH D+49
- Breckenridge Hills, MO D+33
- Elk Ridge, UT R+60
- Chauvin, LA R+75
- Bayside, WI D+35
- San Antonio, FL R+27
- Smithfield, PA R+55
- Rising Sun, IN R+56
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Vermont 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. VT did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.