Elbethel is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Elbethel typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Elbethel, ~10% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Elbethel compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Elbethel leans more Republican than 44 of 68 neighbors.
Elbethel runs about 38 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Elbethel 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 Elbethel, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Elbethel are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Elbethel, TN sits below the national average on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Elbethel looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Elbethel 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 45%, about 11 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Palmetto, TN R+70
- Bell Buckle, TN R+63
- Singleton, TN R+63
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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.