Yonkers is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Yonkers typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yonkers, ~8% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yonkers compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Yonkers leans more Republican than 15 of 30 neighbors.
Yonkers runs about 54 points more Republican than Georgia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Yonkers. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+82) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+51), a spread of about 31 points.
Why Yonkers 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 Yonkers, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Yonkers hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the Georgia average of 24%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Yonkers, 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 Yonkers looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Yonkers 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%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Yonkers have completed high school, below 91% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Yonkers sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Chester, GA R+63
- Rebie, GA R+70
- Dexter, GA R+66
- Empire, GA R+68
- Cochran, GA R+38
- Frazier, GA R+59
- Goldsboro, GA R+68
- Dubois, GA R+47
- Dudley, GA R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Paducah, TX R+55
- Darby, FL R+44
- Loma Linda, MO R+54
- Buffalo City, WI R+31
- Bancroft, WV R+48
- Lukachukai, AZ D+64
- Reeds, MO R+70
- Pinetown, NC R+57
- Nye, WI R+37
- Estelline, SD R+52
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.