Bell Buckle is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Bell Buckle typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bell Buckle, ~13% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bell Buckle compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bell Buckle leans more Republican than 25 of 64 neighbors.
Bell Buckle runs about 33 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Bell Buckle 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 Bell Buckle, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Bell Buckle are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Bell Buckle, TN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Bell Buckle looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Bell Buckle own their home, about 16 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Deason, TN R+65
- Midland, TN R+58
- Christiana, TN R+53
- Link, TN R+55
- Wartrace, TN R+66
- Elbethel, TN R+68
- Shelbyville, TN R+43
- Unionville, TN R+69
- Halls Mill, TN R+69
- Taylor Crossroads, TN R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- Evansville, WY R+59
- Daingerfield, TX R+24
- Eastland, TX R+64
- West Wendover, NV R+4
- Frisco, CO D+21
- Silver Summit, UT D+29
- Menands, NY D+35
- West Reading, PA D+21
- East Wareham, MA R+4
- Greenland, NH D+16
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections, 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.