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

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

Charleys Branch is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

About 39% of adults in Charleys Branch typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Charleys Branch, ~6% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~61% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Charleys Branch compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Charleys Branch leans more Republican than 45 of 68 neighbors.

Charleys Branch runs about 42 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Charleys 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 Charleys 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 Charleys Branch, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Charleys Branch sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 90% of cities).

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Charleys 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 Charleys Branch looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Charleys Branch 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 47%, about 9 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 71% of adults in Charleys Branch have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.