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

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

Whiteville leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.

 

About 60% of adults in Whiteville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Whiteville, ~32% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Whiteville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Whiteville leans more Democratic than 41 of 51 neighbors.

Whiteville runs about 36 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Whiteville is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Whiteville. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+31) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+39), a spread of about 70 points.

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

Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 48% of adults in Whiteville have never been married, well above similar-sized cities (around 28%). Whiteville runs against the grain of Tennessee, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Whiteville, TN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Whiteville looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Whiteville 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 41%, about 15 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 33% of households in Whiteville rent, above 88% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Whiteville sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.