Moores Chapel, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Moores Chapel

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

Moores Chapel is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.

 

About 62% of adults in Moores Chapel typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Moores Chapel, ~9% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Moores Chapel compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Moores Chapel leans more Republican than 53 of 78 neighbors.

Moores Chapel runs about 39 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Moores Chapel. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+75) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+41), a spread of about 34 points.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Moores Chapel drive to work alone, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Moores Chapel are family households, above 78% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Why turnout in Moores Chapel looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Moores Chapel is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in Moores Chapel have completed high school, below 80% of cities. 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.