Frankfort is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Frankfort typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Frankfort, ~8% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Frankfort compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Frankfort leans more Republican than 50 of 60 neighbors.
Frankfort runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Frankfort 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 Frankfort, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 4% of adults in Frankfort hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Frankfort is about 98%, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Frankfort, 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 Frankfort looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Frankfort is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Frankfort have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Sunbright, TN R+75
- Dorton, TN R+49
- Pine Orchard, TN R+74
- Daysville, TN R+69
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- Lyons, SD R+54
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- Nebo, AR R+16
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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.