Haynes Area, Nashville, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Haynes Area

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

Haynes Area is a Democratic stronghold. About 91% of voters here vote Democratic and 9% Republican.

 

About 68% of adults in Haynes Area typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Haynes Area, ~62% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Haynes Area compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Haynes Area is the most Democratic-leaning.

Haynes Area runs about 111 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Haynes Area is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Haynes Area leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Haynes Area, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Haynes Area votes against the grain of Tennessee. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Haynes Area runs about 111 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 47% of adults in Haynes Area have never been married, above 78% of neighborhoods.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Haynes Area, Nashville, TN sits below the national average on this measure.

Why turnout in Haynes Area looks the way it does

Turnout in Haynes Area sits close to the national pattern. 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.