Ritchie is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Ritchie typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ritchie, ~6% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ritchie compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ritchie leans more Republican than 75 of 82 neighbors.
Ritchie runs about 48 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Ritchie 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 Ritchie, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Ritchie, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Ritchie drive to work alone, above 80% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Ritchie, 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 Ritchie looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Ritchie 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 73% of adults in Ritchie have completed high school, below 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Bray, TN R+75
- Evanston, TN R+75
- Tate Springs, TN R+72
- New Tazewell, TN R+71
- Williams Springs, TN R+74
- Harrogate, TN R+66
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- Stratford, NY R+50
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- Rockport, OH R+68
- Manilla, IN R+59
- Schultz, MI R+37
- Eldorado Springs, CO D+53
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- Angus, TX R+69
- Burnt Ranch, CA R+11
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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.