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1876–2024
Meigs County, Tennessee
Meigs County·Tennessee

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

One of Tennessee's smallest counties, with one of its widest margins

18762024·38 elections
Meigs County, Tennessee · Brian Stansberry · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,343
2024 ACS
Most similar
Sequatchie County
TN · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 6,099 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.5%
9685,0856,099
2020R
−62.5%
1,0084,4675,532
2016R
−57.5%
8563,3424,320
2012R
−39.6%
1,1632,7343,964
2008R
−33.6%
1,3722,7974,237
2004R
−21.9%
1,5952,5004,132
2000R
−7.1%
1,5551,7973,390
1996D
+8.4%
1,4761,2282,968
1992D
+9.1%
1,6731,3553,484
1988R
−17.9%
1,0481,5072,568
1984R
−21.6%
1,0121,5752,602
1980R
−12.0%
9991,2782,316
1976D
+12.4%
1,2549752,242
1972R
−31.4%
5391,0521,635
1968R
−14.2%
4937291,664
1964R
−0.5%
8168241,640
1960R
−13.1%
6919011,605
1956R
−5.4%
7598471,631
1952R
−5.9%
7548501,625
1948D
+2.5%
7887481,590
1944D
+15.5%
7275321,259
1940D
+21.6%
8895731,462
1936D
+14.5%
9947401,747
1932D
+19.6%
8405641,408
1928R
−9.9%
5897191,308
1924R
−6.7%
5746571,245
1920R
−12.5%
7129151,627
1916R
−5.8%
5416081,150
1912D
+17.7%
5173371,018
1908D
+0.8%
464457925
1904D
+7.7%
5634811,065
1900D
+6.2%
7016191,327
1896D
+5.8%
7216411,368
1892D
+0.2%
5645611,260
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
1.8%
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
30.8%
Other Christian
10.9%
Methodist
5.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Meigs County's 2024 presidential margin of R+67.5 reflects a pattern common to rural Appalachian counties, where Republican support has grown steadily over two decades alongside broader realignment across the Tennessee Valley.

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

Meigs County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,375, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,343 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 Sequatchie County and Weakley County.