Martin Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Martin Springs typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Martin Springs, ~13% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Martin Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Martin Springs leans more Republican than 7 of 66 neighbors.
Martin Springs runs about 23 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Martin Springs 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 Martin Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Martin Springs sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 14 points above the Tennessee average of 84%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Martin Springs are family households, above 91% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Martin Springs, TN sits in the bottom quarter 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 Martin Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Martin Springs is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mount View, TN R+58
- Sewanee, TN R+34
- Monteagle, TN R+59
- Sherwood, TN R+58
- Tracy City, TN R+67
- White City, TN R+68
- Orme, TN R+53
- South Pittsburg, TN R+47
- Kimball, TN R+56
- Sequatchie, TN R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alzada, MT R+80
- Kearsarge, MI R+16
- Keota, CO R+73
- Calder, ID R+41
- Syria, VA R+35
- Keller, IN R+43
- Kamalo, HI D+19
- North Lemmon, ND R+62
- Bloomfield, OH R+70
- Old Merritt, MO R+73
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.