Cottontown is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 81% of adults in Cottontown typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cottontown, ~15% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cottontown compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cottontown leans more Republican than 34 of 59 neighbors.
Cottontown runs about 32 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cottontown. The east side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+49), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Cottontown 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 Cottontown, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Cottontown are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Cottontown, TN sits in the bottom quarter 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 Cottontown looks the way it does
Turnout in Cottontown sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- New Deal, TN R+69
- White House, TN R+49
- Cross Plains, TN R+58
- Portland, TN R+58
- Millersville, TN R+46
- Graball, TN R+64
- Orlinda, TN R+63
- Gallatin, TN R+27
- Mitchellville, TN R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Slingerlands, NY D+29
- Marshville, NC R+37
- Bondurant, IA R+18
- Orchard Mesa, CO R+27
- Washington, IA R+25
- Congers, NY R+7
- Westwego, LA R+11
- Germantown, OH R+51
- Lanoka Harbor, NJ R+42
- August, CA D+15
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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.