Sharp Place, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sharp Place

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

Sharp Place is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 66% of adults in Sharp Place typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sharp Place, ~11% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sharp Place compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sharp Place leans more Republican than 6 of 58 neighbors.

Sharp Place runs about 37 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Sharp Place, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Sharp Place sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 84% of cities).

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Sharp Place, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Sharp Place looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Sharp Place own their home, about 19 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.