Tate Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Tate Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tate Springs, ~8% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tate Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tate Springs leans more Republican than 47 of 75 neighbors.
Tate Springs runs about 43 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Tate 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 Tate Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 88% of residents in Tate Springs drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Tate Springs, 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 Tate Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Tate 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 80% of adults in Tate Springs have completed high school, below 90% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bean Station, TN R+70
- Thorn Hill, TN R+75
- Helton, TN R+70
- Bray, TN R+75
- Lakemoore, TN R+68
- Wyatt Village, TN R+71
- Mooresburg, TN R+73
- Wa-Ni Village, TN R+66
- Puncheon Camp, TN R+71
- Morristown, TN R+47
Cities with Similar Populations
- Glacier Colony, MT R+60
- Plantersville, VA R+43
- Alexandria, NE R+68
- Clarysville, MD R+45
- Thompsonville, NY R+11
- Crittenden, NY R+43
- New Augusta, AR R+53
- Deep River, WA R+25
- Trinity Alps, CA R+28
- Nectarine, PA R+58
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.