Caney Branch, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Caney Branch

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

Caney Branch is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 76% of adults in Caney Branch typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Caney Branch, ~10% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Caney Branch compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Caney Branch leans more Republican than 71 of 75 neighbors.

Caney Branch runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Caney Branch 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 Caney Branch, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Caney Branch, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Tennessee average of 22%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Caney Branch, TN sits in the bottom 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 Caney Branch looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Caney Branch own their home, about 16 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. 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.