Pleasant Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Pleasant Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Valley, ~11% vote Democratic, ~72% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Valley leans more Republican than 39 of 55 neighbors.
Pleasant Valley runs about 72 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Why Pleasant Valley 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 Pleasant Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Pleasant Valley are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Pleasant Valley, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Pleasant Valley looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pleasant Valley 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Adairsville, GA R+60
- Folsom, GA R+76
- Rydal, GA R+75
- Kingston, GA R+69
- Lily Pond, GA R+74
- Farmville, GA R+73
- Cartersville, GA R+34
- Funkhouser, GA R+78
- White, GA R+66
- Pinson, GA R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Hope, NC R+30
- Geneva, TX R+67
- Upper Wheatfields, AZ D+58
- Mount Vernon, TN R+74
- Lake Buena Vista, FL D+2
- McKeefrey, WV R+61
- Ladysmith, VA R+10
- Eau Galle, WI R+34
- Alba, MI R+41
- South Levant, ME R+26
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.