Vine City, Atlanta, GA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Vine City

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

Vine City is a Democratic stronghold. About 89% of voters here vote Democratic and 11% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Vine City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Vine City, ~43% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Vine City compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Vine City leans more Democratic than 17 of 25 neighbors.

Vine City runs about 81 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Vine City sits clearly on the Democratic side.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Vine City. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+87) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+66), a spread of about 21 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Vine City live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 64% of adults in Vine City have never been married, above 96% of neighborhoods. Vine City runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Vine City, Atlanta, GA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Vine City looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Vine City 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 73% of households in Vine City rent, about 48 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Vine City sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.