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

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

Fruitland is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.

 

About 59% of adults in Fruitland typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fruitland, ~14% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fruitland compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fruitland leans more Republican than 14 of 82 neighbors.

Fruitland runs about 23 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fruitland. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+67) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+45), a spread of about 22 points.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 90% of residents in Fruitland drive to work alone, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fruitland, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Fruitland looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fruitland 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 47%, about 9 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. 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.