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

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

Yum Yum leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.

 

About 66% of adults in Yum Yum typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yum Yum, ~25% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Yum Yum compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Yum Yum leans more Republican than 29 of 54 neighbors.

Politically, Yum Yum sits close to the rest of Tennessee.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Yum Yum. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+16) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+38), a spread of about 54 points.

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

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 93% of residents in Yum Yum drive to work alone, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Yum Yum, 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 Yum Yum looks the way it does

Turnout in Yum Yum 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.