Medical District, Memphis, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Medical District

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

Medical District is a Democratic stronghold. About 86% of voters here vote Democratic and 14% Republican.

 

About 42% of adults in Medical District typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Medical District, ~36% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Medical District compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Medical District is the most Democratic-leaning.

Medical District runs about 101 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Medical District is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Medical District. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+81) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+63), a spread of about 18 points.

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

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Medical District live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 56% of adults in Medical District have never been married, above 89% of neighborhoods. Medical District runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Medical District, Memphis, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Medical District looks the way it does

Renters vote less often than owners. About 92% of households in Medical District rent, about 67 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Medical District sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Medical District 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.