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1876–2024
Marion County, Tennessee
Marion County·Tennessee

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

A Cumberland Plateau county where statewide margins rarely shift

18762024·38 elections
Marion County, Tennessee · Tholcomb · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
29,250
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marshall County
TN · similarity 0.99
17 precincts · 13,933 votes cast
Trump · R+56
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.7%
3,02610,78813,933
2020R
−50.8%
3,1779,91113,256
2016R
−44.8%
2,8327,69610,862
2012R
−22.3%
3,9536,27210,409
2008R
−19.6%
4,5066,74611,437
2004R
−2.7%
5,5485,86211,492
2000D
+7.7%
5,4414,65110,250
1996D
+22.1%
5,1943,1669,191
1992D
+23.1%
5,5893,26210,068
1988R
−2.7%
4,1754,4078,618
1984R
−4.7%
3,9424,3378,331
1980D
+8.3%
4,6233,9028,651
1976D
+21.6%
4,6152,9657,642
1972R
−30.5%
1,9293,7115,839
1968R
−4.7%
1,6611,9596,404
1964D
+16.1%
3,7752,7286,503
1960D
+8.0%
3,1242,6575,865
1956R
−2.5%
2,7812,9255,798
1952D
+13.7%
2,9382,2275,190
1948D
+18.3%
2,5541,7384,467
1944D
+20.0%
2,6661,7614,533
1940D
+19.9%
3,2422,1585,435
1936D
+20.2%
2,6641,7704,434
1932D
+22.3%
2,2121,4063,618
1928R
−17.7%
1,1611,6592,820
1924R
−1.7%
1,0361,0742,212
1920R
−17.2%
1,8742,6624,580
1916R
−10.5%
1,1551,4322,641
1912D
+19.4%
8104631,789
1908R
−11.9%
8421,0741,950
1904R
−23.1%
7311,1891,980
1900R
−12.4%
1,2341,5852,822
1896R
−15.3%
1,3201,8013,154
1892R
−9.4%
1,2011,4572,710
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
2.4%
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
16.1%
Other Christian
10.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.9%
Methodist
6.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marion County sits along the Tennessee-Georgia border on the Cumberland Plateau, where a small, rural population has returned Republican presidential margins above 50 points in consecutive cycles, reflecting deep partisan consistency across recent elections.

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

Marion County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,824, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 29,250 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 Marshall County and Warren County.