Suggs Creek leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Suggs Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Suggs Creek, ~22% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Suggs Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Suggs Creek leans more Republican than 24 of 50 neighbors.
Suggs Creek runs about 16 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Suggs Creek. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+55) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+33), a spread of about 22 points.
Why Suggs Creek 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 Suggs Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Suggs Creek votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Suggs Creek are family households, above 94% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Suggs Creek, TN sits in the top quarter 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 Suggs Creek looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Suggs Creek have completed high school, about 9 points above the Tennessee average of 88%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Stones River Homes, TN R+54
- Mount Juliet, TN R+34
- Gladeville, TN R+53
- La Vergne, TN D+6
- Hermitage, TN D+10
- Cairo Bend, TN R+43
- Green Hill, TN R+39
- Walterhill, TN R+48
- Antioch, TN D+28
- Smyrna, TN R+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Morongo Valley, CA R+18
- Brookline Station, MO R+36
- Harbor, OR R+9
- Benton, PA R+51
- Paonia, CO Even
- Watonga, OK R+46
- Fayetteville, OH R+64
- Lake Village, AR R+11
- Myakka City, FL R+57
- Harriman, NY D+11
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.