Sweet Lips is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Sweet Lips typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sweet Lips, ~10% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sweet Lips compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sweet Lips leans more Republican than 36 of 63 neighbors.
Sweet Lips runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Sweet Lips 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 Sweet Lips, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 90% of residents in Sweet Lips drive to work alone, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Sweet Lips sits in the bottom quarter (about 15%, below 78% of cities).
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Sweet Lips, TN sits in the bottom tenth 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 Sweet Lips looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sweet Lips is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Jacks Creek, TN R+72
- Enville, TN R+75
- Finger, TN R+75
- Leapwood, TN R+77
- Henderson, TN R+53
- Sanford Hill, TN R+69
- Luray, TN R+71
- McNairy, TN R+77
- Milledgeville, TN R+75
- Montezuma, TN R+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- State Line, ID R+64
- Vento, KY R+67
- Lewisville, MN R+56
- Silver Beach Heights, FL R+59
- Pipersville, WI R+35
- Cheneyville, LA Even
- Rockhouse, AR R+60
- Okauchee, WI R+17
- Nottoway, VA R+31
- Terlingua, TX R+34
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.