Pennington Chapel is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Pennington Chapel typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pennington Chapel, ~7% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pennington Chapel compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pennington Chapel leans more Republican than 56 of 68 neighbors.
Pennington Chapel runs about 44 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Pennington 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 Pennington Chapel, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Pennington Chapel hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Pennington Chapel drive to work alone, above 89% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Pennington Chapel are family households, above 89% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pennington Chapel, 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 Pennington Chapel looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pennington 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 78% of adults in Pennington Chapel have completed high school, below 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Sharps Chapel, TN R+70
- Puncheon Camp, TN R+71
- New Tazewell, TN R+71
- Chittum, TN R+71
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- Rosebloom, MS R+61
- Millbrook, IL R+43
- Scotia, NE R+67
- Kipp, KS R+62
- Fairhope, PA R+57
- Jacobs Prairie, MN R+37
- Rousseau, LA R+74
- Matheny, WV R+70
- White Oak, AL R+69
- Knippa, TX R+51
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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.