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1876–2024
Cumberland County, Tennessee
Cumberland County·Tennessee

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

One of Tennessee's most Republican-leaning counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Cumberland County, Tennessee · James F Keck · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+59
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
63,553
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mohave County
AZ · similarity 1.00
24 precincts · 34,642 votes cast
Trump · R+59
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.9%
6,99627,39934,642
2020R
−57.1%
6,72825,16832,279
2016R
−57.7%
5,20220,41326,360
2012R
−49.0%
6,26118,65325,298
2008R
−37.1%
7,88917,43625,712
2004R
−28.8%
8,32715,14423,637
2000R
−17.6%
7,64410,99419,017
1996R
−8.7%
6,6768,09616,347
1992R
−4.6%
6,3937,11615,792
1988R
−31.0%
3,9647,55711,594
1984R
−32.3%
3,6057,08310,756
1980R
−24.7%
3,7756,35410,436
1976D
+4.8%
4,5434,1198,763
1972R
−50.0%
1,4824,5936,225
1968R
−28.1%
1,4283,1156,012
1964D
+1.6%
3,0732,9756,048
1960R
−23.0%
2,1893,5235,804
1956R
−24.7%
1,9253,2005,161
1952R
−22.9%
2,0593,2825,341
1948R
−10.2%
1,6071,9883,721
1944R
−20.5%
1,1741,7862,980
1940R
−1.7%
1,4431,4922,965
1936D
+0.6%
1,4261,4092,849
1932D
+2.0%
9969571,964
1928R
−40.3%
5051,1861,691
1924R
−23.0%
5388851,510
1920R
−45.4%
5571,4852,043
1916R
−36.6%
4289241,355
1912D
+9.0%
4893721,306
1908R
−35.7%
4791,0101,489
1904R
−39.3%
3758981,331
1900R
−29.5%
4057501,168
1896R
−31.2%
4188001,225
1892R
−30.7%
330632984
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Other Christian
21.5%
Baptist
17.7%
Methodist
5.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Situated on the Cumberland Plateau, this rural county of under 50,000 delivered an R+58.9 margin in 2024, reflecting the broader realignment of working-class, non-metropolitan communities across Appalachian Tennessee.

The Republican margin in Cumberland County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cumberland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,375, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 63,553 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 Mohave County and McMinn County.