Relay is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Relay typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Relay, ~9% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Relay compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Relay leans more Republican than 49 of 66 neighbors.
Relay runs about 76 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Why Relay 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 Relay, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Relay, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Georgia average of 24%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Relay are family households, above 94% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Relay, 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 Relay looks the way it does
Turnout in Relay sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
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- School Hill, WI R+46
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- Mount Pelia, TN R+60
- Kovar, TX R+64
- Prosser, NE R+65
- Solromar, CA D+20
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- Mountain Top, AR R+65
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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.