Thick, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Thick

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

Thick is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Thick typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Thick, ~13% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Thick compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Thick leans more Republican than 43 of 62 neighbors.

Thick runs about 35 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Thick. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+67) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+55), a spread of about 12 points.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Thick are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Thick, TN sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Thick looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Thick have completed high school, about 10 points above the Tennessee average of 88%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Thick own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.