Shady Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Shady Valley typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shady Valley, ~11% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shady Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shady Valley leans more Republican than 24 of 62 neighbors.
Shady Valley runs about 32 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shady Valley. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+74) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+60), a spread of about 14 points.
Why Shady Valley 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 Shady Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Shady Valley live in densely developed areas, about 19 points below the Tennessee average of 21%.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Shady Valley, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Shady Valley looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shady Valley is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Harmon, TN R+63
- Mountain City, TN R+66
- Laurel Bloomery, TN R+74
- Damascus, VA R+58
- Silver Lake, TN R+72
- Delmar, VA R+62
- Buladeen, TN R+76
- Scott Addition, VA R+58
- Neva, TN R+66
- Holston Valley, TN R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Dry Run, PA R+75
- Florence, MO R+72
- Palisade, MN R+39
- Enon, MS R+23
- Klemme, IA R+51
- Jug Fork, MS R+69
- Dyas, AL R+76
- Monroe, NE R+65
- Felts Mills, NY R+29
- Wax, GA R+74
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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.