Brush Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Brush Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brush Creek, ~11% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brush Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Brush Creek leans more Republican than 56 of 71 neighbors.
Brush Creek runs about 37 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Brush Creek 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 Brush Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Brush Creek are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Brush Creek, TN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Brush Creek looks the way it does
Turnout in Brush Creek sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sykes, TN R+65
- Club Springs, TN R+64
- Prosperity, TN R+68
- Gordonsville, TN R+64
- Hickman, TN R+64
- Alexandria, TN R+65
- Grant, TN R+64
- Commerce, TN R+66
- Tanglewood, TN R+67
- Lancaster Hill, TN R+62
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lyman, WA R+30
- Union Grove, TN R+67
- Roggen, CO R+68
- Glenwood, IN R+67
- Hollister, FL R+71
- March ARB, CA Even
- Marietta, NC R+26
- Ponemah, MN D+71
- Flingsville, KY R+60
- Eckford, MI R+50
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.