Pleasantville is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Pleasantville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasantville, ~8% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasantville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasantville leans more Republican than 32 of 40 neighbors.
Pleasantville runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Pleasantville 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 Pleasantville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Pleasantville live in densely developed areas, about 18 points below the Tennessee average of 21%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Pleasantville are family households, above 84% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pleasantville, TN sits in the bottom tenth 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 Pleasantville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pleasantville 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 86% of adults in Pleasantville have completed high school, below 78% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Upper Sinking, TN R+73
- Hornertown, TN R+71
- Coble, TN R+73
- Lobelville, TN R+73
- Lomax Crossroads, TN R+68
- Only, TN R+68
- Kimmins, TN R+68
- DePriest Bend, TN R+72
- Deans, TN R+69
- Linden, TN R+73
Cities with Similar Populations
- Royal, MO R+61
- Reddell, LA R+77
- Green Valley Lake, CA R+14
- Coaldale, CO R+45
- Panther, KY R+57
- Walker, OR R+13
- Wheelerville, MO R+70
- Lucas, KS R+65
- Tuskahoma, OK R+71
- Pricetown, OH R+69
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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.