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

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

Uptonville leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.

 

About 63% of adults in Uptonville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Uptonville, ~24% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Uptonville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Uptonville leans more Republican than 16 of 61 neighbors.

Uptonville runs about 5 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Uptonville. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+59) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 36 points.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Uptonville are family households, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Uptonville, TN sits in the bottom quarter 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 Uptonville looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 95% of households in Uptonville own their home, about 17 points above the Tennessee average of 77%. 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.