Elections in Tennessee

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Elections in Tennessee are held to fill various local, state, and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. Statewide legislative referrals and referendums may also be on the ballot in some elections. Tennessee is one of thirteen states that holds its presidential primaries on Super Tuesday. [1]

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Tennessee does not require voters to declare a party affiliation when registering. The state is one of eight states that require voters to present a form of photo identification. [2] In a 2020 study, Tennessee was ranked as the 5th hardest state for citizens to vote in. [3]

Between the end of the Civil War and the mid-20th century, Tennessee was part of the Democratic Solid South, but had the largest Republican minority of any former Confederate state. [4] During this time, East Tennessee was heavily Republican and the western two thirds mostly voted Democratic, with the latter dominating the state. [5] This division was related to the state's pattern of Unionist and Confederate loyalism during the Civil War. [5]

Tennessee's politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party. [6] [7] Republicans currently hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats, a majority of Congressional seats, and the state legislature. Democratic strength is largely concentrated in Nashville, Memphis, and parts of Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. Some suburban areas of Nashville and Memphis also contain significant Democratic minorities.

Presidential

List of presidential elections in Tennessee from 1836-present.

United States presidential election results for Tennessee [8] [9]
Year Republican  /  Whig Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2024 1,966,86564.19%1,056,26534.47%40,8121.33%
2020 1,852,47560.66%1,143,71137.45%57,6651.89%
2016 1,522,92560.72%870,69534.72%114,4074.56%
2012 1,462,33059.42%960,70939.04%37,8651.54%
2008 1,479,17856.85%1,087,43741.79%35,3671.36%
2004 1,383,33656.81%1,035,16042.51%16,4530.68%
2000 1,061,94951.15%981,72047.28%32,5121.57%
1996 863,53045.59%909,14648.00%121,4296.41%
1992 841,30042.43%933,52147.08%207,81710.48%
1988 947,23357.89%679,79441.55%9,2230.56%
1984 990,21257.84%711,71441.57%10,0670.59%
1980 787,76148.70%783,05148.41%46,8042.89%
1976 633,96942.94%825,87955.94%16,4981.12%
1972 813,14767.70%357,29329.75%30,7422.56%
1968 472,59237.85%351,23328.13%424,79234.02%
1964 508,96544.49%634,94755.50%340.00%
1960 556,57752.92%481,45345.77%13,7621.31%
1956 462,28849.21%456,50748.60%20,6092.19%
1952 446,14749.99%443,71049.71%2,6960.30%
1948 202,91436.87%270,40249.14%76,96713.99%
1944 200,31139.22%308,70760.45%1,6740.33%
1940 169,15332.35%351,60167.25%2,0690.40%
1936 146,52030.81%327,08368.78%1,9350.41%
1932 126,75232.48%259,47366.49%4,0311.03%
1928 195,38853.76%167,34346.04%7420.20%
1924 130,72843.54%158,68252.86%10,8103.60%
1920 219,82951.29%206,55848.19%2,2390.52%
1916 116,22342.70%153,28056.31%2,6870.99%
1912 60,47524.00%133,02152.80%58,43723.20%
1908 117,97745.87%135,60852.73%3,5951.40%
1904 105,36343.40%131,65354.23%5,7342.36%
1900 123,10844.95%145,24053.03%5,5122.01%
1896 148,68346.33%167,16852.09%5,0521.57%
1892 100,53737.83%136,46851.36%28,72710.81%
1888 138,97845.76%158,69952.26%6,0171.98%
1884 124,10147.74%133,77051.45%2,1070.81%
1880 107,67744.26%129,56953.26%6,0172.47%
1876 89,56640.21%133,17759.79%00.00%
1872 85,65547.84%93,39152.16%00.00%
1868 56,62868.43%26,12931.57%00.00%
1864 30,00085.71%5,00014.29%00.00%
1860 00.00%11,2817.72%134,82592.28%
1856 00.00%69,70452.18%63,87847.82%
1852 58,58650.73%56,90049.27%00.00%
1848 64,32152.52%58,14247.48%00.00%
1844 60,04050.05%59,91749.95%00.00%
1840 60,19455.66%47,95144.34%00.00%
1836 36,02757.92%26,17042.08%00.00%

Presidential primaries

Republican primary

Democratic primary

National legislative

List of national legislative elections in Tennessee from 2000-present.

Senate elections

House of Representatives elections

Gubernatorial

List of gubernatorial elections in Tennessee from 2002-present.

State legislative

State Senate elections

State House elections

Ballot propositions

Local elections

Davidson County elections

Nashville Mayoral elections

Nashville measures

Hamilton County elections

Countywide elections

Chattanooga elections

Knox County elections

Countywide elections

Knoxville elections

Montgomery County elections

Madison County elections

Rutherford County elections

Shelby County elections

Countywide elections

Memphis elections

Elections by year

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Super Tuesday 2020". US Presidential Election News. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Voter Identification Requirements". ncsl.org. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (15 Dec 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4). doi: 10.1089/elj.2020.0666 . Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Langsdon 2000, p. x.
  5. 1 2 Hunt, Keel (2018). Crossing the Aisle: How Bipartisanship Brought Tennessee to the Twenty-First Century and Could Save America. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN   978-0-8265-2241-2 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Doble, Rob (December 24, 2020). "Analysis: The polarization express". Tennessee Lookout. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  7. ↑ Clouse, Allie (November 6, 2020). "As Georgia becomes a blue wedge in the Deep South, Tennessee cleaves tighter to the GOP". Knoxville News-Sentinel. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  8. ↑ Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Tennessee". US Election Atlas. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  9. ↑ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1864-11-18). "Chicago tribune. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1864–1872, November 18, 1864, Image 2". ISSN   2572-9977 . Retrieved 2021-12-05.

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