DePriest Bend, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in DePriest Bend

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

DePriest Bend is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

About 65% of adults in DePriest Bend typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in DePriest Bend, ~9% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How DePriest Bend compares

Among cities within 25 miles, DePriest Bend leans more Republican than 32 of 43 neighbors.

DePriest Bend runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in DePriest Bend live in densely developed areas, about 17 points below the Tennessee average of 21%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and DePriest Bend sits in the bottom quarter (about 8%, below 96% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 85% of households in DePriest Bend are family households, above 96% of cities.

Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as DePriest Bend, TN does.

Why turnout in DePriest Bend looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. DePriest Bend 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 49%, about 7 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. 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.