Lockeland Springs, Nashville, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lockeland Springs

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

Lockeland Springs is a Democratic stronghold. About 77% of voters here vote Democratic and 23% Republican.

 

About 78% of adults in Lockeland Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lockeland Springs, ~60% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lockeland Springs compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Lockeland Springs leans more Democratic than 12 of 22 neighbors.

Lockeland Springs runs about 84 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Lockeland Springs is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Lockeland Springs. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+60) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+47), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Lockeland Springs 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 Lockeland Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 78% of adults in Lockeland Springs hold a bachelor's degree, about 49 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Lockeland Springs runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Park access and Democratic lean

Places with heavy park coverage tend to lean Democratic; Lockeland Springs, Nashville, TN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Lockeland Springs looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lockeland Springs is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Lockeland Springs have completed high school, above 92% of neighborhoods. 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.