Emery Mill, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Emery Mill

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

Emery Mill is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.

 

About 61% of adults in Emery Mill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Emery Mill, ~9% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Emery Mill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Emery Mill leans more Republican than 30 of 62 neighbors.

Emery Mill runs about 41 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Emery Mill. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+73) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+61), a spread of about 13 points.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Emery Mill hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Emery Mill drive to work alone, above 90% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Emery Mill are family households, above 87% of cities.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Emery Mill, 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 Emery Mill looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Emery Mill 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%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Emery Mill have completed high school, below 92% 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.