Clarksville, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Clarksville

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

Clarksville leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 60% of adults in Clarksville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clarksville, ~27% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Clarksville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Clarksville leans more Republican than 1 of 67 neighbors.

Clarksville runs about 19 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Clarksville. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+6) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+56), a spread of about 62 points.

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

Clarksville votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 64%, far above the Tennessee average of 21%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with renter-heavy households tend to turn out at a lower rate; Clarksville, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Clarksville looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Clarksville is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 38% of households in Clarksville rent, above 93% 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.