Riverview, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Riverview

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Riverview is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.

 

About 59% of adults in Riverview typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Riverview, ~9% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Riverview compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Riverview leans more Republican than 29 of 70 neighbors.

Riverview runs about 40 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Riverview 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 Riverview, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Riverview, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the Tennessee average of 22%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Riverview, 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 Riverview looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Riverview 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 Riverview have completed high school, below 77% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

All Local Stats

Home Services

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.