Parhams is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Parhams typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parhams, ~8% vote Democratic, ~67% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Parhams compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Parhams leans more Republican than 53 of 55 neighbors.
Parhams runs about 77 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Why Parhams 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 Parhams, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Parhams, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Georgia average of 24%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Parhams are family households, above 79% of cities.
Housing overcrowding and voter turnout
Places with low overcrowding tend to turn out at a higher rate; Parhams, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Parhams looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Parhams 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.
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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.