Bulls Gap is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Bulls Gap typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bulls Gap, ~8% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bulls Gap compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bulls Gap leans more Republican than 40 of 76 neighbors.
Bulls Gap runs about 42 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Bulls Gap 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 Bulls Gap, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Bulls Gap drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Bulls Gap fits that profile on both counts.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Bulls Gap, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Bulls Gap looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Bulls Gap 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 49%, about 6 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in Bulls Gap have completed high school, below 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Persia, TN R+71
- St. Clair, TN R+73
- Pilot Knob, TN R+72
- Whitesburg, TN R+72
- Romeo, TN R+73
- Mohawk, TN R+71
- McCloud, TN R+72
- Silver City, TN R+73
- Mosheim, TN R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Leavenworth, WA D+12
- Turk, CA R+36
- Goodland, KS R+63
- Floyd, VA R+44
- Lavonia, GA R+52
- White Salmon, WA D+28
- Lake Helen, FL R+38
- Zumbrota, MN R+29
- Howe, TX R+56
- East Merrimack, NH D+12
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.