Walnut Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Walnut Grove typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Walnut Grove, ~7% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Walnut Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Walnut Grove leans more Republican than 41 of 54 neighbors.
Walnut Grove runs about 48 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Walnut Grove 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 Walnut Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 13% of adults in Walnut Grove hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Tennessee average of 22%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Walnut Grove, 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 Walnut Grove looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Walnut Grove is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lowryville, TN R+78
- Waterloo, AL R+77
- Lutts, TN R+79
- Gillises Mills, TN R+78
- Crossroads, TN R+77
- Pickwick Dam, TN R+72
- Pyburns, TN R+77
- Nixon, TN R+79
- Counce, TN R+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- Trenary, MI R+27
- Rockdale, TN R+71
- McMorran, OH R+68
- Prater, VA R+68
- Meloland, CA R+12
- Dilltown, PA R+59
- Barclay, MD R+52
- Hartford City, WV R+62
- Laurence Harbor, NJ R+14
- Grapeville, PA R+22
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.