Stanley Junction, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Stanley Junction

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

Stanley Junction is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 55% of adults in Stanley Junction typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stanley Junction, ~7% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Stanley Junction compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Stanley Junction leans more Republican than 31 of 61 neighbors.

Stanley Junction runs about 44 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Stanley Junction 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 Stanley Junction, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Stanley Junction live in densely developed areas, about 16 points below the Tennessee average of 21%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Stanley Junction fits that profile on both counts.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stanley Junction, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Stanley Junction looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Stanley Junction 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 48%, about 8 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 87% of adults in Stanley Junction have completed high school, below 73% of cities. 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.