Five Points is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Five Points typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Five Points, ~9% vote Democratic, ~62% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Five Points compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Five Points leans more Republican than 64 of 74 neighbors.
Five Points runs about 47 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Five Points 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 Five Points, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Five Points drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Five Points sits in the bottom quarter (about 8%, below 96% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Five Points, TN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Five Points looks the way it does
Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Five Points sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.