Sawyers Mill, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sawyers Mill

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

Sawyers Mill is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

About 64% of adults in Sawyers Mill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sawyers Mill, ~9% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sawyers Mill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sawyers Mill leans more Republican than 55 of 57 neighbors.

Sawyers Mill runs about 42 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Sawyers Mill, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Sawyers Mill drive to work alone, above 82% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Sawyers Mill, TN sits below the national average on this measure.

Why turnout in Sawyers Mill looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sawyers Mill is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. 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.