Rose Hill leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Rose Hill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rose Hill, ~30% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rose Hill compares
Rose Hill runs about 26 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Rose Hill sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Rose Hill. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+62) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (Even), a spread of about 60 points.
Why Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Rose Hill live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Rose Hill runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Rose Hill, Columbus, GA does.
Why turnout in Rose Hill looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rose Hill is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 43%, about 13 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 69% of households in Rose Hill rent, about 44 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 39% of adults in Rose Hill report food insecurity, above 92% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Downtown Columbus, Columbus, GA D+34
- Sandtown-Southeastern Atlanta, Atlanta, GA D+84
- Ben Hill, Atlanta, GA D+83
- Adams Park, Atlanta, GA D+86
- Lakewood Heights, Atlanta, GA D+83
- Oakland City, Atlanta, GA D+85
- Adamsville, Atlanta, GA D+86
- Cascade Heights, Atlanta, GA D+87
- Thomasville, Atlanta, GA D+68
- Adair Park, Atlanta, GA D+83
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Barton Chapel, Augusta, GA D+73
- Brookline Village, Brookline, MA D+74
- Mokapu, Kaneohe Station, HI Even
- Delawanna, Clifton, NJ R+7
- Arvada Plaza Area, Arvada, CO D+28
- Johnston-McAlpine, Charlotte, NC D+17
- East Albany, Albany, OR R+18
- Hickory Grove, Charlotte, NC D+53
- Audubon, Louisville, KY D+24
- Grand, Riverside, CA D+4
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.