Sandy Hook, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sandy Hook

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

Sandy Hook is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.

 

About 64% of adults in Sandy Hook typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sandy Hook, ~10% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sandy Hook compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sandy Hook leans more Republican than 43 of 73 neighbors.

Sandy Hook runs about 38 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Sandy Hook drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Sandy Hook are family households, above 93% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Sandy Hook, 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 Sandy Hook looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Sandy Hook own their home, about 13 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.