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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]

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

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List of presidential elections in Tennessee from 1824–present.

United States presidential election results for Tennessee[8]
Year Republican / Whig Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
1824 216 1.04% 20,197 97.45% 312 1.51%
1828 2,240 4.81% 44,293 95.19% 0 0.00%
1832 1,347 4.58% 28,078 95.42% 0 0.00%
1836 36,027 57.92% 26,170 42.08% 0 0.00%
1840 60,194 55.66% 47,951 44.34% 0 0.00%
1844 60,040 50.05% 59,917 49.95% 0 0.00%
1848 64,321 52.52% 58,142 47.48% 0 0.00%
1852 58,586 50.73% 56,900 49.27% 0 0.00%
1856 0 0.00% 69,704 52.18% 63,878 47.82%
1860 0 0.00% 11,281 7.72% 134,825 92.28%
1864 30,000 85.71% 5,000 14.29% 0 0.00%
1868 56,628 68.43% 26,129 31.57% 0 0.00%
1872 85,655 47.84% 93,391 52.16% 0 0.00%
1876 89,566 40.21% 133,177 59.79% 0 0.00%
1880 107,677 44.26% 129,569 53.26% 6,017 2.47%
1884 124,101 47.74% 133,770 51.45% 2,107 0.81%
1888 138,978 45.76% 158,699 52.26% 6,017 1.98%
1892 100,537 37.83% 136,468 51.36% 28,727 10.81%
1896 148,683 46.33% 167,168 52.09% 5,052 1.57%
1900 123,108 44.95% 145,240 53.03% 5,512 2.01%
1904 105,363 43.40% 131,653 54.23% 5,734 2.36%
1908 117,977 45.87% 135,608 52.73% 3,595 1.40%
1912 60,475 24.00% 133,021 52.80% 58,437 23.20%
1916 116,223 42.70% 153,280 56.31% 2,687 0.99%
1920 219,829 51.29% 206,558 48.19% 2,239 0.52%
1924 130,728 43.54% 158,682 52.86% 10,810 3.60%
1928 195,388 53.76% 167,343 46.04% 742 0.20%
1932 126,752 32.48% 259,473 66.49% 4,031 1.03%
1936 146,520 30.81% 327,083 68.78% 1,935 0.41%
1940 169,153 32.35% 351,601 67.25% 2,069 0.40%
1944 200,311 39.22% 308,707 60.45% 1,674 0.33%
1948 202,914 36.87% 270,402 49.14% 76,967 13.99%
1952 446,147 49.99% 443,710 49.71% 2,696 0.30%
1956 462,288 49.21% 456,507 48.60% 20,609 2.19%
1960 556,577 52.92% 481,453 45.77% 13,762 1.31%
1964 508,965 44.49% 634,947 55.50% 34 0.00%
1968 472,592 37.85% 351,233 28.13% 424,792 34.02%
1972 813,147 67.70% 357,293 29.75% 30,742 2.56%
1976 633,969 42.94% 825,879 55.94% 16,498 1.12%
1980 787,761 48.70% 783,051 48.41% 46,804 2.89%
1984 990,212 57.84% 711,714 41.57% 10,067 0.59%
1988 947,233 57.89% 679,794 41.55% 9,223 0.56%
1992 841,300 42.43% 933,521 47.08% 207,817 10.48%
1996 863,530 45.59% 909,146 48.00% 121,429 6.41%
2000 1,061,949 51.15% 981,720 47.28% 32,512 1.57%
2004 1,383,336 56.81% 1,035,160 42.51% 16,453 0.68%
2008 1,479,178 56.85% 1,087,437 41.79% 35,367 1.36%
2012 1,462,330 59.42% 960,709 39.04% 37,865 1.54%
2016 1,522,925 60.72% 870,695 34.72% 114,407 4.56%
2020 1,852,475 60.66% 1,143,711 37.45% 57,665 1.89%
2024 1,966,865 64.19% 1,056,265 34.47% 40,812 1.33%

Presidential primaries

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Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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National legislative

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

Senate elections

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House of Representatives elections

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Gubernatorial

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List of gubernatorial elections in Tennessee from 2002–present.

State legislative

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State Senate elections

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State House elections

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Local elections

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Tennessee County elections

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Davidson County elections

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Nashville mayoral elections

Nashville measures

Hamilton County elections

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Countywide elections

Chattanooga elections

Knox County elections

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Countywide elections

Knoxville elections

Montgomery County elections

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Rutherford County elections

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Shelby County elections

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Countywide elections

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Memphis elections

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Elections by year

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See also

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References

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  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 (December 15, 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 January 14, 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 November 17, 2025.

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