Franklin, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Franklin

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

Franklin leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Franklin typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Franklin, ~31% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Franklin compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Franklin leans more Republican than 11 of 55 neighbors.

Franklin runs about 9 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Franklin. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+42) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+8), a spread of about 35 points.

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

Franklin votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 63%, far above the Tennessee average of 21%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Franklin, TN sits in the top tenth 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 Franklin looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Franklin is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Franklin have completed high school, above 82% 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.