Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Old Fourth Ward

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

Old Fourth Ward is a Democratic stronghold. About 79% of voters here vote Democratic and 21% Republican.

 

About 64% of adults in Old Fourth Ward typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Old Fourth Ward, ~51% vote Democratic, ~13% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Old Fourth Ward compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Old Fourth Ward leans more Democratic than 5 of 24 neighbors.

Old Fourth Ward runs about 61 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Old Fourth Ward sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Old Fourth Ward. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+72) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+33), a spread of about 39 points.

Why Old Fourth Ward leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Old Fourth Ward, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Old Fourth Ward live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Old Fourth Ward sits in the top quarter (about 74%, above 94% of neighborhoods). Old Fourth Ward runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA sits in the top tenth nationally 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 Old Fourth Ward looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Old Fourth Ward have completed high school, about 11 points above the Georgia average of 86%. 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.