Weston leans heavily Democratic by roughly 32 points: about 66% of voters vote Democratic and 34% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Weston typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Weston, ~44% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Weston compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Weston leans more Democratic than 27 of 32 neighbors.
Weston runs about 34 points more Democratic than Georgia as a whole. Georgia is roughly evenly split, and Weston sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why Weston 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 Weston, 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 64% of residents in Weston are Black or African American, about 40 points above the Georgia average of 25%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 39% of adults in Weston have never been married, above 93% of cities. Weston runs against the grain of Georgia, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Weston, GA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Weston looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Weston sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kimbrough, GA D+41
- Randall, GA D+41
- Parrott, GA R+39
- Lumpkin, GA Even
- Webster, GA R+16
- Richland, GA D+33
- Pachitla, GA R+23
- Charles, GA D+27
- Shellman, GA R+25
- Cuthbert, GA D+14
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wilsons Mills, ME R+30
- Effner, IL R+48
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.