Stockton is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Stockton typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stockton, ~7% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stockton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stockton leans more Republican than 20 of 22 neighbors.
Stockton runs about 69 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Stockton. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+75) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+60), a spread of about 14 points.
Why Stockton 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 Stockton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Stockton are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stockton, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Stockton looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Stockton 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 48%, about 8 points below the Georgia average of 56%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 24% of adults in Stockton report food insecurity, above 90% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Stockton have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Naylor, GA R+46
- Lakeland, GA R+39
- Du Pont, GA R+59
- Fruitland, GA R+5
- Mayday, GA R+66
- Ray City, GA R+60
- Haylow, GA R+61
- Homerville, GA R+45
- Valdosta, GA D+10
- Statenville, GA R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Clover Leaf Lakes, NJ R+14
- Watson, MI R+44
- Lakeside, AZ R+37
- McAdenville, NC R+20
- Thompson, PA R+38
- Metcalfe, MS D+76
- Skyline, AL R+78
- Judson, IN R+59
- Chittenden, VT R+7
- Sunburg, MN R+39
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.