Whites Creek, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Whites Creek

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

Whites Creek leans Democratic by roughly 22 points: about 61% of voters vote Democratic and 39% Republican.

 

About 72% of adults in Whites Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Whites Creek, ~44% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Whites Creek compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Whites Creek leans more Democratic than 56 of 59 neighbors.

Whites Creek runs about 51 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Whites Creek is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Whites Creek. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+63) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+36), a spread of about 99 points.

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

Density combined with diversity predicts Democratic voting. Non-Hispanic white share in Whites Creek is about 44%, about 28 points below the U.S. average of 72%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Whites Creek sits in the top quarter (about 38%, above 85% of cities). Whites Creek runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Whites Creek, TN sits in the top 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 Whites Creek looks the way it does

Turnout in Whites Creek sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.