Terry Creek, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Terry Creek

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

Terry Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 56% of adults in Terry Creek typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Terry Creek, ~7% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Terry Creek compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Terry Creek leans more Republican than 49 of 63 neighbors.

Terry Creek runs about 45 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Why Terry 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 Terry Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Terry Creek, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Terry Creek sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 87% of cities).

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Terry Creek, 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 Terry Creek looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Terry Creek 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 49%, about 7 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Terry Creek rent, above 86% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 86% of adults in Terry Creek have completed high school, below 78% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.