Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic23.9%599TrumpRepublican74.4%1,867OtherAll other candidates1.8%44
R+50.5
Lead
1,268
Total
2,510
vs nation
R+49.0
BidenDemocratic23.0%510TrumpRepublican75.3%1,671OtherAll other candidates1.7%37
R+52.3
Lead
1,161
Total
2,218
vs nation
R+56.8
ClintonDemocratic15.7%265TrumpRepublican77.6%1,306OtherAll other candidates6.7%113
R+61.8
Lead
1,041
Total
1,684
vs nation
R+63.9
ObamaDemocratic21.9%349RomneyRepublican76.0%1,210OtherAll other candidates2.1%33
R+54.1
Lead
861
Total
1,592
vs nation
R+57.9
ObamaDemocratic25.2%485McCainRepublican73.8%1,420OtherAll other candidates1.0%19
R+48.6
Lead
935
Total
1,924
vs nation
R+55.9
KerryDemocratic24.1%436BushRepublican75.6%1,365OtherAll other candidates0.3%5
R+51.4
Lead
929
Total
1,806
vs nation
R+49.0
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+50.5MIT Election Lab
Population
4,2712024 5-year
Population density
264 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
16.2 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$129,3072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
89.6%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.8%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+61.8 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2016–20245 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
77.4%2,542 participants ÷ 3,286 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+31.2 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+4.4 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
46.2%–55.4%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%100%
72.3%
41.7%
20162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
2,542
3,286 ± 524
77.4%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,352
3,242 ± 580
41.7%
Audited
E/D
2,292
3,145 ± 554
72.9%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,591
2,202 ± 342
72.3%
Audited
E/D
1,716
2,021 ± 287
84.9%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
presidential history
Party record book
Apison, TN · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
25.2%
485 votes · R+48.6
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 24.1%
Republican
Donald Trump2016
77.6%
1,306 votes · R+61.8
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 76.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
599votes
23.9% of the vote · R+50.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 510 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,867votes
74.4% of the vote · R+50.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,671 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
−49.0pts D vs U.S.
Place R+51.4 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −49.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+63.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.8 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +57.9 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
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U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Apison · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Hamilton County, Tennessee, the county containing Apison — Apison’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Apison, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Apison has seen rapid residential expansion as commuters push outward from Chattanooga, reshaping what was once a rural crossroads into a bedroom community that trends heavily toward Republican margins in federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 61.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.5 points.
A population of 4,271, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $129,307 describe the city.
In 2024, Apison, Tennessee voted Republican by 50.5 points (R+50.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,510 votes cast, 599 went Democratic and 1,867 went Republican.
How many people live in Apison, Tennessee?
Apison, Tennessee has a population of 4,271 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Apison, Tennessee?
Median household income in Apison, Tennessee is $129,307 — above the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Apison, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Apison, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
