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
HarrisDemocratic68.2%563TrumpRepublican30.4%251OtherAll other candidates1.5%12
D+37.8
Lead
312
Total
826
vs nation
D+39.2
BidenDemocratic69.6%613TrumpRepublican28.7%253OtherAll other candidates1.7%15
D+40.9
Lead
360
Total
881
vs nation
D+36.4
ClintonDemocratic69.4%587TrumpRepublican26.4%223OtherAll other candidates4.3%36
D+43.0
Lead
364
Total
846
vs nation
D+40.9
ObamaDemocratic66.8%580RomneyRepublican31.6%274OtherAll other candidates1.6%14
D+35.3
Lead
306
Total
868
vs nation
D+31.4
ObamaDemocratic70.4%1,132McCainRepublican28.2%454OtherAll other candidates1.4%22
D+42.2
Lead
678
Total
1,608
vs nation
D+34.9
KerryDemocratic77.0%1,343BushRepublican22.8%397OtherAll other candidates0.2%4
D+54.2
Lead
946
Total
1,744
vs nation
D+56.7
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+37.8MIT Election Lab
Population
2,9362024 5-year
Population density
753 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
3.9 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$136,1112024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
85.7%2024 5-year
Black
2.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+54.2 in 2004MIT 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. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2008–20247 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
30.6%831 participants ÷ 2,717 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+18.2 ptsPersistently low turnout
Drop-off vs state
-8.6 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
12.4%–19.2%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%
33.0%
20.1%
2008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
831
2,717 ± 314
30.6%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
536
2,664 ± 275
20.1%
Audited
E/D
885
2,312 ± 255
38.3%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
726
2,203 ± 255
33.0%
Audited
E/D
855
2,274 ± 290
37.6%
Audited
E/D
868
2,654
32.7%
Derived
—
1,608
2,073
77.6%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
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.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
presidential history
Party record book
Sewanee, 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
John Kerry2004
77.0%
1,343 votes · D+54.2
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 70.4%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
31.6%
274 votes · D+35.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 30.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
1,343votes
77.0% of the vote · D+54.2
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 1,132 votes
Republican
John McCain2008
454votes
28.2% of the vote · D+42.2
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 397 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
+56.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.2 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +40.9 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
−31.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+35.3 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −34.9 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
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.
Sewanee · 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 Franklin County, Tennessee, the county containing Sewanee — Sewanee’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Sewanee, 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.
Sewanee's population and civic character are shaped almost entirely by the University of the South, making it one of Tennessee's most institutionally defined communities and an outlier in the otherwise rural Franklin County political landscape.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.8 points.
A population of 2,936, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $136,111 describe the city.
In 2024, Sewanee, Tennessee voted Democratic by 37.8 points (D+37.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 826 votes cast, 563 went Democratic and 251 went Republican.
How many people live in Sewanee, Tennessee?
Sewanee, Tennessee has a population of 2,936 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sewanee, Tennessee?
Median household income in Sewanee, Tennessee is $136,111 — above the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Sewanee, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sewanee, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
