Luther, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Luther

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

Luther is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 55% of adults in Luther typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Luther, ~7% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Luther compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Luther leans more Republican than 63 of 90 neighbors.

Luther runs about 46 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Luther 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 Luther drive to work alone, above 88% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Luther, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Luther looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Luther 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 46%, about 10 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Luther have completed high school, below 94% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Luther sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.