Mount Airy is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Mount Airy typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Airy, ~11% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Airy compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Airy leans more Republican than 30 of 69 neighbors.
Mount Airy runs about 39 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mount Airy. The east side is the most Republican-leaning (R+76) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+62), a spread of about 14 points.
Why Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Mount Airy are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Mount Airy, TN sits in the bottom quarter 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 Mount Airy looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mount Airy 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
- Pailo, TN R+76
- Lusk, TN R+76
- Dunlap, TN R+67
- Hendon, TN R+72
- Cagle, TN R+67
- Dill, TN R+73
- Lees Station, TN R+74
- Flattop, TN R+71
- Center Point, TN R+72
- Hitchcox, TN R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Pomfret, VT D+30
- Oasis, UT R+82
- Ocean Forest, SC R+46
- Luther, IN R+66
- Shoals, WV R+54
- East Germantown, IN R+54
- Gardiner, WA D+25
- Stanley, OK R+71
- Taopi, MN R+42
- Olivet Hill, MD R+29
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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.