Graves leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Graves typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Graves, ~31% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Graves compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Graves leans more Republican than 19 of 33 neighbors.
Graves runs about 5 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Graves. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+9) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+39), a spread of about 48 points.
Why Graves 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 Graves, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Graves are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Graves, GA sits below the national average on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Graves looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Graves 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 46%, about 10 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Yeomans, GA R+6
- Dawson, GA D+38
- Shellman, GA R+25
- Doverel, GA Even
- Herod, GA D+3
- Parrott, GA R+39
- Bronwood, GA R+18
- Pachitla, GA R+23
- Pleasant Hill, GA R+21
- Sasser, GA R+25
Cities with Similar Populations
- Foster Creek, NC R+28
- Wallsboro, AL R+36
- Centralia, TX R+71
- Los Vigiles, NM D+13
- Browns Crossing, IN R+65
- Hamill, SD R+69
- East Berwick, PA R+39
- Plateau, NC R+61
- Hustburg, TN R+66
- Rainbow Lake, NY D+20
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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.