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

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

Durhamville is a true toss-up. About 52% of voters here vote Democratic and 48% Republican.

 

About 58% of adults in Durhamville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Durhamville, ~30% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Durhamville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Durhamville leans more Democratic than 55 of 62 neighbors.

Durhamville runs about 33 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Durhamville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Durhamville. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+16) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+46), a spread of about 62 points.

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

Durhamville votes against the grain of Tennessee. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Durhamville runs about 33 points more Democratic.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Durhamville, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Durhamville looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Durhamville 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 46%, about 10 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in Durhamville have completed high school, below 81% 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.