Pleasant Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Pleasant Grove typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Grove, ~7% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Grove leans more Republican than 59 of 66 neighbors.
Pleasant Grove runs about 42 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Pleasant Grove hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 90% of households in Pleasant Grove are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pleasant Grove, 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 Pleasant Grove looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pleasant Grove 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 84% of adults in Pleasant Grove have completed high school, below 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Cities with Similar Populations
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- Whittier, IA R+29
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- West Burlington, PA R+63
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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.