Windyke-Southwind leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Windyke-Southwind typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Windyke-Southwind, ~44% vote Democratic, ~16% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Windyke-Southwind compares
Windyke-Southwind sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.
Windyke-Southwind runs about 76 points more Democratic than Tennessee as a whole. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Windyke-Southwind is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Windyke-Southwind. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+72) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+16), a spread of about 89 points.
Why Windyke-Southwind leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Windyke-Southwind, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Windyke-Southwind votes against the grain of Tennessee. Tennessee leans Republican overall, while Windyke-Southwind runs about 76 points more Democratic. Rural majority-Black areas vote Democratic, and about 60% of residents in Windyke-Southwind are Black or African American, above 92% of neighborhoods.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Windyke-Southwind, Memphis, TN sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Windyke-Southwind looks the way it does
Turnout in Windyke-Southwind 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.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown, TN R+15
- Hickory Ridge-South Riverdale, Memphis, TN D+77
- River Oaks, Memphis, TN D+15
- River Oaks-Kirby-Balmoral, Memphis, TN D+30
- Parkway Village-Oakhaven, Memphis, TN D+73
- Cordova-Appling, Cordova, TN D+30
- East Memphis-Colonial-Yorkshire, Memphis, TN D+37
- Eads-Fisherville, Cordova, TN D+31
- Berclair-Highland Heights, Memphis, TN D+23
- Midtown-Memphis, Memphis, TN D+66
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- North and East, Richmond, CA D+55
- West 7th, St. Paul, MN D+59
- Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY D+76
- Morningside-Lenox Park, Atlanta, GA D+46
- South Redlands, Redlands, CA Even
- Harmony Village, Detroit, MI D+87
- Myers Park, Charlotte, NC D+9
- Park Hills, Yonkers, NY D+28
- South Ironbound, Newark, NJ D+25
- Vista East, Orlando, FL D+4
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.