Fairview Heights is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Fairview Heights typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fairview Heights, ~15% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fairview Heights compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fairview Heights leans more Republican than 10 of 55 neighbors.
Fairview Heights runs about 31 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Fairview Heights 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 Fairview Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Fairview Heights, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 87% of residents in Fairview Heights drive to work alone, above 86% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Fairview Heights, TN sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Fairview Heights looks the way it does
Turnout in Fairview Heights sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Dandridge, TN R+60
- Kodak, TN R+63
- Sandy Ridge, TN R+68
- New Market, TN R+68
- Sevierville, TN R+58
- Jefferson City, TN R+51
- Friends Station, TN R+68
- Strawberry Plains, TN R+65
- Mill Spring, TN R+67
- Swannsylvania, TN R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bluff, MS R+89
- Taylor Settlement, NY R+37
- Lipscomb, TX R+84
- Sills, FL R+4
- Hendrysburg, OH R+63
- Locustdale, PA R+50
- Gormania, WV R+76
- Nebraska, NC R+11
- Naponee, NE R+67
- Bell Center, WI R+25
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.