Tennessee 6th Congressional District (TN) — Elections 1876–2024

Tennessee 6th Congressional District, Tennessee: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+38%. Democratic peak: D+40 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+38MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 798,7372024 5-year
Median household income: $73,3732024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 79.9%2024 5-year
Black: 8.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 7.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+40 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+38 in 2024MIT Election Lab

ROSE, JohnCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: BLACK, Diane (2017–2019), BLACK, Diane (2015–2017), BLACK, Diane (2013–2015), BLACK, Diane (2011–2013)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

19 counties · 1 D · 18 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−38.2%	111,275	252,299	369,077
2020	R	−32.8%	115,258	231,218	353,018
2016	R	−35.0%	85,341	183,731	281,386
2012	R	−27.9%	93,286	167,037	264,525
2008	R	−19.4%	111,018	165,406	280,617
2004	R	−13.9%	111,985	148,395	262,078
2000	D	+2.9%	112,461	105,987	221,981
1996	D	+8.1%	98,257	82,378	195,058
1992	D	+15.1%	104,707	74,292	201,559
1988	R	−12.9%	68,269	88,548	157,741
1984	R	−10.1%	71,718	87,921	160,685
1980	D	+12.2%	82,212	63,872	149,947
1976	D	+28.7%	84,762	46,712	132,808
1972	R	−29.5%	33,362	62,253	98,090
1968	O	−4.9%	31,978	37,209	107,584
1964	D	+29.9%	63,547	34,305	97,852
1960	D	+2.5%	46,168	43,884	90,890
1956	D	+15.7%	47,710	34,698	83,022
1952	D	+11.4%	44,365	35,246	79,812
1948	D	+22.6%	30,955	18,581	54,693
1944	D	+19.1%	29,912	20,283	50,358
1940	D	+31.5%	34,557	17,933	52,697
1936	D	+32.8%	29,463	14,864	44,561
1932	D	+39.7%	30,824	13,187	44,432
1928	R	−6.5%	18,482	21,045	39,616
1924	D	+20.2%	20,711	13,596	35,229
1920	D	+1.1%	26,858	26,255	53,264
1916	D	+20.0%	21,110	14,000	35,475
1912	D	+28.0%	19,850	10,187	34,511
1908	D	+10.4%	18,279	14,818	33,418
1904	D	+13.5%	17,118	12,987	30,664
1900	D	+19.1%	19,541	13,197	33,129
1896	D	+20.2%	22,235	14,710	37,262
1892	D	+21.2%	17,801	10,878	32,581
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	34.2%	63.8%	3,007,608
2020	R	35.2%	62.2%	2,959,761
2018	R	43.9%	54.7%	2,243,740
2014	R	31.9%	61.9%	1,374,065
2012	R	30.4%	64.9%	2,321,477
2008	R	31.6%	65.1%	2,424,585
2006	R	48.0%	50.7%	1,833,695
2002	R	44.3%	54.3%	1,642,432
2000	R	32.2%	65.1%	1,928,613
1996	R	36.8%	61.4%	1,778,664
1994	R	42.1%	56.4%	1,480,391
1990	D	67.7%	29.8%	783,922
1988	D	65.1%	34.5%	1,567,181
1984	D	60.7%	33.8%	1,648,036
1982	D	61.9%	38.1%	1,259,785
1978	R	40.3%	55.5%	1,157,094
1976	D	52.5%	47.0%	1,432,046

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

15.2%

English

14.4%

German

9.5%

Irish

9.0%

Italian

2.4%

Scottish

2.2%

French

1.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

2.4%

75–84

3.0%

5.1%

65–74

5.7%

6.4%

55–64

6.7%

6.1%

45–54

6.2%

6.4%

35–44

6.4%

7.0%

25–34

7.0%

4.4%

18–24

4.1%

8.1%

5–17

7.7%

3.0%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,373

Congressional District 6 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 6$73,373

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.5%

Working age (18–64)12.0%

Seniors (65+)12.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

91.6%

speak English only

Spanish5.1%

Other Indo-European1.2%

Other languages1.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

18.4%

Other Christian

16.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.0%

Methodist

4.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Non-Christian

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tennessee's 6th district recorded an R+50.7 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most lopsided congressional districts in the state. Its population of roughly 768,000 spans a heavily rural swath of Middle Tennessee.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Tennessee 6th Congressional District, by a fourteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-eight points in 2024. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Tennessee 6th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,373, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 6, Tennessee vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 6, Tennessee voted Republican by 38.2 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 369,077 votes cast, 111,275 went Democratic and 252,299 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 6, Tennessee's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 6, Tennessee as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 6, Tennessee last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 6, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.

How many people live in Congressional District 6, Tennessee?

Congressional District 6, Tennessee has a population of 798,737 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 6, Tennessee?

Median household income in Congressional District 6, Tennessee is $73,373 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.

What is the political history of Congressional District 6, Tennessee?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 6, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Tennessee 6th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 38 points.

Key facts

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