Sunny Side leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Sunny Side typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sunny Side, ~23% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sunny Side compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sunny Side leans more Republican than 30 of 70 neighbors.
Sunny Side runs about 22 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sunny Side. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+3) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+54), a spread of about 56 points.
Why Sunny Side 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 Sunny Side, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 86% of residents in Sunny Side drive to work alone, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Sunny Side sits in the bottom quarter (about 10%, below 93% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Sunny Side are family households, above 75% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Sunny Side, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Sunny Side looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sunny Side 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 47%, about 9 points below the Georgia average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 38% of households in Sunny Side rent, above 93% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Sunny Side report food insecurity, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pomona, GA D+11
- Hampton, GA D+42
- Lake Talmadge, GA D+39
- Lovejoy, GA D+68
- Griffin, GA R+6
- Luella, GA R+33
- Vaughn, GA R+70
- Orchard Hill, GA R+13
- Zetella, GA R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lyons, NE R+56
- Wahjamega, MI R+43
- Cutler, OH R+54
- Orangeville, UT R+76
- Barney, GA R+64
- Ezel, KY R+64
- Adams Run, SC D+17
- Zuni, NM D+74
- Shobonier, IL R+68
- Flemington, PA R+44
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.