Gruetli-Laager, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Gruetli-Laager

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

Gruetli-Laager is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.

 

About 64% of adults in Gruetli-Laager typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gruetli-Laager, ~10% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gruetli-Laager compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gruetli-Laager leans more Republican than 28 of 67 neighbors.

Gruetli-Laager runs about 39 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Gruetli-Laager 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 Gruetli-Laager, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Gruetli-Laager, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 87% of residents in Gruetli-Laager drive to work alone, above 88% of cities.

Homeownership and voter turnout

Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Gruetli-Laager, TN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Gruetli-Laager looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Gruetli-Laager own their home, about 14 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Gruetli-Laager sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. 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.