Cold Spring is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Cold Spring typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cold Spring, ~9% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cold Spring compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cold Spring leans more Republican than 53 of 62 neighbors.
Cold Spring runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Cold Spring 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 Cold Spring, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Cold Spring hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Cold Spring drive to work alone, above 86% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Cold Spring are family households, above 88% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Cold Spring, TN sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Cold Spring looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cold Spring 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 48%, about 8 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Emery Mill, TN R+70
- Pikeville, TN R+69
- Nine Mile, TN R+72
- Mount Crest, TN R+73
- Summer City, TN R+70
- Melvine, TN R+72
- Milo, TN R+71
- Morgan Springs, TN R+68
- Sampson, TN R+72
- New Harmony, TN R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pembroke, NY R+45
- Farson, WY R+73
- Wanakah, NY R+9
- Lycoming, NY R+34
- Sunfish Lake, MN D+12
- Blue Hill, TN R+70
- Rudyard, MT R+55
- Wallops Island, VA R+16
- Graphite, NC R+10
- Juliustown, NJ R+21
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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.