Red Boiling Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Red Boiling Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Red Boiling Springs, ~11% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Red Boiling Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Red Boiling Springs leans more Republican than 39 of 76 neighbors.
Red Boiling Springs runs about 38 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Red Boiling Springs. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+75) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+62), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Red Boiling Springs 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 Red Boiling Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 13% of adults in Red Boiling Springs hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Tennessee average of 22%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Red Boiling Springs, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Red Boiling Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Red Boiling Springs is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 49%, about 6 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hermitage Springs, TN R+75
- Willette, TN R+69
- North Springs, TN R+67
- Miles Crossroads, TN R+74
- Pumpkintown, TN R+71
- Drapers Crossroads, TN R+69
- Galen, TN R+71
- Gamaliel, KY R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cloverdale, VA R+31
- Wilson, WY D+12
- Nanty-Glo, PA R+45
- Camden, AL D+7
- Clarkson Valley, MO R+22
- Lake Clarke Shores, FL R+12
- Moravia, NY R+33
- Port Vue, PA R+13
- Blakeslee, PA R+9
- Apalachicola, FL R+34
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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.