Bellmont Hillsboro, Nashville, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Bellmont Hillsboro

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

Bellmont Hillsboro is a Democratic stronghold. About 76% of voters here vote Democratic and 24% Republican.

 

About 62% of adults in Bellmont Hillsboro typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bellmont Hillsboro, ~47% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Bellmont Hillsboro compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Bellmont Hillsboro leans more Democratic than 13 of 20 neighbors.

Bellmont Hillsboro runs about 81 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Bellmont Hillsboro is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Bellmont Hillsboro. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+60) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+46), a spread of about 14 points.

Why Bellmont Hillsboro 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 Bellmont Hillsboro, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 77% of adults in Bellmont Hillsboro hold a bachelor's degree, about 49 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Bellmont Hillsboro sits in the top fifth on density (more than 99%, above 89% of neighborhoods). Bellmont Hillsboro runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Bellmont Hillsboro, Nashville, TN sits in the top tenth 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 Bellmont Hillsboro looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Bellmont Hillsboro have completed high school, about 11 points above the Tennessee average of 88%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.