Walden leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Walden typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Walden, ~30% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Walden compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Walden leans more Republican than 7 of 73 neighbors.
Politically, Walden sits close to the rest of Tennessee.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Walden. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+39) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+23), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Walden 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 Walden, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Walden votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 40%, well above the Tennessee average of 21%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Walden are family households, above 90% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Walden, TN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Walden looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Walden is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Walden have completed high school, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Signal Mountain, TN R+28
- Falling Water, TN R+41
- Red Bank, TN R+7
- Fairmount, TN R+41
- Timberlinks, TN R+41
- Hixson, TN R+31
- Lone Oak, TN R+71
- Middle Valley, TN R+39
- Sulphur Springs, TN R+69
- Chattanooga, TN R+27
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rushford, MN R+28
- Terlton, OK R+66
- Alton, VA R+33
- Stonebluff, OK R+57
- Ambrose, GA R+56
- Phippsburg, ME Even
- Hebron, NE R+47
- Doswell, VA R+19
- Normandy, TN R+58
- Edgeworth, PA D+23
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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.