Gum Spring, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Gum Spring

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

Gum Spring is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 62% of adults in Gum Spring typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gum Spring, ~11% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gum Spring compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gum Spring leans more Republican than 20 of 67 neighbors.

Gum Spring runs about 36 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Gum Spring hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Gum Spring are family households, above 80% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Gum Spring, TN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Gum Spring looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Gum Spring 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 42%, about 14 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 31% of households in Gum Spring rent, above 85% 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.