Parkway Village-Oakhaven, Memphis, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Parkway Village-Oakhaven

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

Parkway Village-Oakhaven is a Democratic stronghold. About 86% of voters here vote Democratic and 14% Republican.

 

About 41% of adults in Parkway Village-Oakhaven typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parkway Village-Oakhaven, ~35% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Parkway Village-Oakhaven compares

Parkway Village-Oakhaven sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.

Parkway Village-Oakhaven runs about 102 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Parkway Village-Oakhaven is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Parkway Village-Oakhaven. The west side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+81) and the south side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+62), a spread of about 19 points.

Why Parkway Village-Oakhaven 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 Parkway Village-Oakhaven, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Parkway Village-Oakhaven votes against the grain of Tennessee. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Parkway Village-Oakhaven runs about 102 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 52% of adults in Parkway Village-Oakhaven have never been married, above 84% of neighborhoods.

High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout

Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Parkway Village-Oakhaven, Memphis, TN does.

Why turnout in Parkway Village-Oakhaven looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Parkway Village-Oakhaven 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 41%, about 14 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Parkway Village-Oakhaven have completed high school, below 89% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Parkway Village-Oakhaven 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.