Washburn is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Washburn typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Washburn, ~8% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Washburn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Washburn leans more Republican than 49 of 64 neighbors.
Washburn runs about 44 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.
Why Washburn 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 Washburn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Washburn, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points below the Tennessee average of 22%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Washburn, TN sits in the bottom 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 Washburn looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Washburn 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 30% of households in Washburn rent, above 84% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Washburn have completed high school, below 91% of cities. 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.