Shop Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Shop Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shop Springs, ~10% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shop Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shop Springs leans more Republican than 47 of 65 neighbors.
Shop Springs runs about 36 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Shop Springs 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 Shop Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Shop Springs are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Shop Springs, TN sits in the bottom quarter 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 Shop Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Shop Springs is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 76% of adults in Shop Springs have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Watertown, TN R+65
- Commerce, TN R+66
- Bellwood, TN R+61
- Taylorsville, TN R+60
- Grant, TN R+64
- Gladeville, TN R+53
- Lebanon, TN R+40
- Rock City, TN R+70
- Greenvale, TN R+66
- Brush Creek, TN R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ropesville, TX R+80
- Los Saenz, TX Even
- Alberton, MT R+37
- Long Beach, MN R+33
- Eola, IL D+29
- Glen Aubrey, NY R+36
- West Manchester, OH R+61
- Richmond, NH R+4
- Fairfield, KY R+60
- Stinnett, KY R+74
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.