Salem, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Salem

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

Salem leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.

 

About 59% of adults in Salem typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Salem, ~43% vote Democratic, ~16% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Salem compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Salem is the most Democratic-leaning.

Salem runs about 48 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Salem sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Why Salem 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 Salem, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 42% of residents in Salem are Black or African American, about 18 points above the Georgia average of 25%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 42% of adults in Salem have never been married, above 95% of cities. Salem runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout

Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Salem, GA does.

Why turnout in Salem looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Salem is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Salem report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. 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.