Swan Bluff is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Swan Bluff typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Swan Bluff, ~11% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Swan Bluff compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Swan Bluff leans more Republican than 27 of 59 neighbors.
Swan Bluff runs about 36 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Swan Bluff 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 Swan Bluff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 86% of households in Swan Bluff are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Swan Bluff sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 85% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Swan Bluff, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Swan Bluff looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Swan Bluff have completed high school, about 8 points above the Tennessee average of 88%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sunrise, TN R+66
- Deans, TN R+69
- Duck River, TN R+65
- Centerville, TN R+68
- Graytown, TN R+70
- Littlelot, TN R+65
- Isom, TN R+69
- Fikes Mill, TN R+67
- Kimmins, TN R+68
- Hampshire, TN R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Diamond, OR R+65
- Zenoria, LA R+96
- Nebo, WV R+58
- Daysville, KY R+51
- Neelysville, OH R+61
- North Waterford, ME R+15
- Blanton, TX R+79
- Olga, ND R+50
- Jamaica, IL R+62
- Ocate, NM D+6
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.