Pleasant Ridge is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Pleasant Ridge typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant Ridge, ~11% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant Ridge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant Ridge leans more Republican than 17 of 63 neighbors.
Pleasant Ridge runs about 33 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Pleasant Ridge 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 Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 86% of residents in Pleasant Ridge drive to work alone, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pleasant Ridge, TN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Pleasant Ridge looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pleasant Ridge 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 77% of adults in Pleasant Ridge have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Auburntown, TN R+66
- Porterfield, TN R+68
- Woodbury, TN R+68
- Center Hill, TN R+74
- Liberty, TN R+67
- Blue Hill, TN R+70
- Milton, TN R+57
- Readyville, TN R+65
- Roundtop, TN R+69
- Dowelltown, TN R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ganges, OH R+63
- Indian Gap, TX R+76
- Fairview, CO R+40
- Duncans Bridge, MO R+71
- Little Emory, TN R+61
- Vandetta, KY R+61
- Magnet, IN R+52
- Brighton, ME R+40
- Shallmar, MD R+67
- Herod, GA D+3
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.