Hurricane Mills, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Hurricane Mills

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

Hurricane Mills is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.

 

About 53% of adults in Hurricane Mills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hurricane Mills, ~10% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Hurricane Mills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Hurricane Mills leans more Republican than 4 of 42 neighbors.

Hurricane Mills runs about 33 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Hurricane Mills live in densely developed areas, about 18 points below the Tennessee average of 21%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Hurricane Mills, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Hurricane Mills looks the way it does

Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 85% of adults in Hurricane Mills have completed high school, below 79% 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.