Williams Springs, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Williams Springs

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

Williams Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 51% of adults in Williams Springs typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Williams Springs, ~7% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Williams Springs compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Williams Springs leans more Republican than 54 of 70 neighbors.

Williams Springs runs about 44 points more Republican than Tennessee as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Williams Springs, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Tennessee average of 22%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Williams Springs drive to work alone, above 81% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Williams Springs are family households, above 77% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Williams Springs, TN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Williams Springs looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Williams Springs 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 48%, about 8 points below the Tennessee average of 56%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Williams Springs have completed high school, below 94% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Williams Springs sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.