Fayette Corners, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fayette Corners

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

Fayette Corners leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.

 

About 55% of adults in Fayette Corners typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fayette Corners, ~30% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fayette Corners compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fayette Corners leans more Democratic than 50 of 58 neighbors.

Fayette Corners runs about 37 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Fayette Corners is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fayette Corners. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+43) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (Even), a spread of about 42 points.

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

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 54% of adults in Fayette Corners have never been married, far above similar-sized cities (around 20%). Fayette Corners runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fayette Corners, 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 Fayette Corners looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fayette Corners 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 40%, about 16 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 31% of households in Fayette Corners rent, above 86% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 70% of adults in Fayette Corners have completed high school, below 98% 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.