Skidaway Island, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Skidaway Island

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

Skidaway Island leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.

 

About 91% of adults in Skidaway Island typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Skidaway Island, ~36% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Skidaway Island compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Skidaway Island leans more Republican than 13 of 30 neighbors.

Skidaway Island runs about 18 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Skidaway Island. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+28) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+12), a spread of about 16 points.

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

Skidaway Island votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 24%, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 36%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Skidaway Island are family households, above 76% of cities.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Skidaway Island, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Skidaway Island looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Skidaway Island 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 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Skidaway Island own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Skidaway Island have completed high school, above 86% 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.