Gilt Edge, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Gilt Edge

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

Gilt Edge is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 53% of adults in Gilt Edge typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gilt Edge, ~6% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gilt Edge compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gilt Edge leans more Republican than 53 of 57 neighbors.

Gilt Edge runs about 47 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Gilt Edge hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Tennessee average of 22%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Gilt Edge, TN sits in the bottom 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 Gilt Edge looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gilt Edge 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 82% of adults in Gilt Edge have completed high school, below 88% of cities. 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.