Shepp leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Shepp typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shepp, ~30% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shepp compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shepp leans more Democratic than 57 of 65 neighbors.
Shepp runs about 36 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Shepp is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shepp. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+19) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+5), a spread of about 24 points.
Why Shepp 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 Shepp, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 42% of adults in Shepp have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 26%). Shepp runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Shepp, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Shepp looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Shepp is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 49%, about 7 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 29% of households in Shepp rent, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Stanton, TN Even
- Cotton Lake, TN R+13
- Nutbush, TN D+16
- Sunnyhill, TN D+19
- Koko, TN R+37
- Brownsville, TN D+28
- Orysa, TN Even
- Dancyville, TN R+34
- Eurekaton, TN R+44
- Tibbs, TN R+21
Cities with Similar Populations
- Khedive, PA R+50
- Erdman, PA R+67
- Johnstown, ND R+48
- Scoville, KY R+71
- Lucia, CA D+58
- Sharon, MO R+61
- Ridgeway, NJ R+38
- Tecumseh, AL R+84
- Lynn Grove, KY R+58
- Empire Prairie, MO R+66
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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.