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State record · TN

Tennessee

11 electoral votes in 202495 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: R+36.9 two-party · 82,757 votes18681872: D+4.9 two-party · 180,046 votes1876: D+19.6 two-party · 222,743 votes1880: D+9.2 two-party · 243,263 votes1884: D+3.7 two-party · 259,021 votes1888: D+6.6 two-party · 297,677 votes18881892: D+15.2 two-party · 265,732 votes1896: D+4.5 two-party · 320,903 votes1900: D+8.2 two-party · 273,860 votes1904: D+11.1 two-party · 242,750 votes1908: D+7.0 two-party · 257,180 votes19081912: D+37.5 two-party · 251,933 votes1916: D+13.8 two-party · 272,190 votes1920: R+3.0 two-party · 428,036 votes1924: D+9.8 two-party · 301,030 votes1928: R+11.1 two-party · 352,024 votes19281932: D+34.4 two-party · 390,263 votes1936: D+38.3 two-party · 476,551 votes1940: D+35.0 two-party · 522,823 votes1944: D+21.3 two-party · 510,692 votes1948: D+14.3 two-party · 550,283 votes19481952: R+0.3 two-party · 892,555 votes1956: R+0.6 two-party · 939,404 votes1960: R+7.2 two-party · 1,051,776 votes1964: D+11.0 two-party · 1,144,046 votes1968: R+14.7 two-party · 1,248,617 votes19681972: R+38.9 two-party · 1,201,182 votes1976: D+13.1 two-party · 1,476,346 votes · 10 EV1980: R+0.3 two-party · 1,617,616 votes · 10 EV1984: R+16.4 two-party · 1,711,993 votes · 11 EV1988: R+16.4 two-party · 1,636,250 votes · 11 EV19881992: D+5.2 two-party · 1,982,638 votes · 11 EV1996: D+2.6 two-party · 1,894,105 votes · 11 EV2000: R+3.9 two-party · 2,076,181 votes · 11 EV2004: R+14.4 two-party · 2,437,319 votes · 11 EV2008: R+15.3 two-party · 2,599,749 votes · 11 EV20082012: R+20.7 two-party · 2,458,577 votes · 11 EV2016: R+27.2 two-party · 2,508,027 votes · 11 EV2020: R+23.7 two-party · 3,053,851 votes · 11 EV2024: R+30.1 two-party · 3,063,942 votes · 11 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
AndersonR+36.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BedfordR+58.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BentonR+63.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BledsoeR+71.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BlountR+48.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BradleyR+59.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CampbellR+70.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CannonR+66.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarrollR+62.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarterR+63.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CheathamR+46.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ChesterR+65.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClaiborneR+70.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClayR+67.1
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CockeR+68.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CoffeeR+55.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CrockettR+59.3
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CumberlandR+59.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DavidsonD+28.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
DeKalbR+63.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DecaturR+69.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DicksonR+52.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DyerR+62.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FayetteR+42.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FentressR+76.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FranklinR+53.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GibsonR+52.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GilesR+55.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GraingerR+74.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GreeneR+66.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GrundyR+69.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HamblenR+59.4
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HamiltonR+13.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HancockR+76.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HardemanR+24.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HardinR+71.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HawkinsR+69.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HaywoodD+0.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
HendersonR+68.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HenryR+55.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HickmanR+61.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HoustonR+58.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HumphreysR+56.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JacksonR+63.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JeffersonR+64.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JohnsonR+69.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KnoxR+19.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LakeR+55.4
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LauderdaleR+37.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LawrenceR+69.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LewisR+66.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+65.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LoudonR+53.6
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MaconR+75.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MadisonR+18.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarionR+56.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarshallR+57.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MauryR+45.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McMinnR+64.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McNairyR+69.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MeigsR+68.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MonroeR+67.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MontgomeryR+18.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MooreR+69.9
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MorganR+75.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ObionR+65.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OvertonR+64.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PerryR+69.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PickettR+66.7
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PolkR+68.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PutnamR+47.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RheaR+67.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RoaneR+55.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RobertsonR+51.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RutherfordR+22.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ScottR+80.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SequatchieR+66.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SevierR+61.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ShelbyD+25.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SmithR+65.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
StewartR+64.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SullivanR+55.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SumnerR+42.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TiptonR+53.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TrousdaleR+59.4
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
UnicoiR+62.7
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
UnionR+71.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Van BurenR+67.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WarrenR+56.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WashingtonR+40.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WayneR+77.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WeakleyR+58.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WhiteR+67.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WilliamsonR+32.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WilsonR+40.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican