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

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

Morris Chapel is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

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

How Morris Chapel compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Morris Chapel leans more Republican than 12 of 56 neighbors.

Morris Chapel runs about 42 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 96% of residents in Morris Chapel drive to work alone, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Morris Chapel, TN sits below the national average 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 Morris Chapel looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Morris Chapel own their home, about 17 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Morris Chapel sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. 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.