Rural Vale, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Rural Vale

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

Rural Vale is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 76% of adults in Rural Vale typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rural Vale, ~10% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rural Vale compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Rural Vale leans more Republican than 56 of 60 neighbors.

Rural Vale runs about 44 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Rural Vale live in densely developed areas, about 18 points below the Tennessee average of 21%.

Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Rural Vale, TN does.

Why turnout in Rural Vale looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Rural Vale own their home, about 14 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.