Parkers Crossroads, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Parkers Crossroads

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

Parkers Crossroads is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.

 

About 58% of adults in Parkers Crossroads typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parkers Crossroads, ~11% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Parkers Crossroads compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Parkers Crossroads leans more Republican than 13 of 68 neighbors.

Parkers Crossroads runs about 33 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Parkers Crossroads 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 Parkers Crossroads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Parkers Crossroads are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Parkers Crossroads sits in the bottom quarter (about 9%, below 94% of cities).

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Why turnout in Parkers Crossroads looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Parkers Crossroads is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 46%, about 10 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Parkers Crossroads have completed high school, below 90% 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.