Lake Talmadge, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lake Talmadge

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Lake Talmadge leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.

 

About 88% of adults in Lake Talmadge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake Talmadge, ~61% vote Democratic, ~27% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lake Talmadge compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Lake Talmadge leans more Democratic than 40 of 64 neighbors.

Lake Talmadge runs about 41 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Lake Talmadge sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lake Talmadge. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+66) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+38), a spread of about 104 points.

Why Lake Talmadge 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 Lake Talmadge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Lake Talmadge is about 22%, about 50 points below the U.S. average of 72%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 36% of adults in Lake Talmadge have never been married, above 89% of cities. Lake Talmadge runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Lake Talmadge, GA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Lake Talmadge looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Lake Talmadge own their home, about 17 points above the Georgia average of 73%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Lake Talmadge sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.