Piney Flats is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Piney Flats typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Piney Flats, ~16% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Piney Flats compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Piney Flats leans more Republican than 6 of 64 neighbors.
Piney Flats runs about 25 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Piney Flats. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+64) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+51), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Piney Flats 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 Piney Flats, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Piney Flats votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Piney Flats, TN sits above the national average on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Piney Flats looks the way it does
Turnout in Piney Flats sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Watauga, TN R+69
- Bluff City, TN R+63
- Blountville, TN R+63
- Johnson City, TN R+27
- Keenburg, TN R+71
- Okolona, TN R+59
- Elizabethton, TN R+58
- Colonial Heights, TN R+47
- Silvacola, TN R+72
- Hunter, TN R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Newport, AR R+38
- Belle Plaine, MN R+29
- Needville, TX R+50
- Milan, IL R+9
- Breckenridge, CO D+24
- Halfway, MD R+24
- Sinton, TX R+15
- Crosswicks, NJ D+15
- Caseyville, IL R+8
- Aspen, CO D+50
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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.