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1876–2024
Blount County, Tennessee
Blount County·Tennessee

Blount County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Gateway to the Smokies, where mountains shape a reliably lopsided vote

18762024·38 elections
Blount County, Tennessee · Brian Stansberry · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
139,333
2024 ACS
Most similar
Walton County
FL · similarity 1.00
27 precincts · 69,224 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.7%
17,66450,69969,224
2020R
−44.2%
17,93247,36966,609
2016R
−48.5%
12,10037,44352,208
2012R
−45.7%
12,93435,44149,234
2008R
−39.3%
15,25335,57151,645
2004R
−37.4%
15,04733,24148,712
2000R
−26.0%
14,68825,27340,662
1996R
−12.5%
14,68719,31036,930
1992R
−10.0%
14,65518,41537,651
1988R
−35.0%
9,60220,02729,776
1984R
−38.0%
9,18820,52529,859
1980R
−30.4%
9,41217,95928,144
1976R
−6.7%
12,09613,85126,240
1972R
−49.5%
5,30316,07821,771
1968R
−33.9%
5,17612,75322,336
1964R
−16.8%
8,45911,87620,335
1960R
−36.9%
6,21313,55219,872
1956R
−42.5%
5,07612,66717,867
1952R
−38.7%
5,16311,70816,913
1948R
−31.6%
3,1416,1529,543
1944R
−37.0%
2,8366,1939,067
1940R
−12.3%
3,3634,3127,720
1936R
−14.8%
3,0564,1197,199
1932R
−36.2%
1,5153,2754,867
1928R
−70.5%
7124,1254,844
1924R
−47.3%
9682,7543,776
1920R
−56.2%
1,5505,5407,094
1916R
−41.4%
1,0152,4623,496
1912R
−1.1%
8368703,116
1908R
−50.1%
8472,5683,433
1904R
−52.0%
6181,9872,631
1900R
−44.6%
8252,2013,085
1896R
−45.8%
9702,6523,673
1892R
−38.4%
8211,9332,895
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
2.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
25.5%
Other Christian
12.0%
Methodist
8.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nestled against the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee, Blount County delivers some of the state's widest presidential margins, reflecting a rural-suburban electorate that has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Blount County reached its widest at seventy points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Blount County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,365, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 139,333 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walton County and White County.