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1876–2024
Morgan County, Tennessee
Morgan County·Tennessee

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

One of Tennessee's most lopsided presidential margins on record

18762024·38 elections
Morgan County, Tennessee · Brian Stansberry · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+74
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,361
2024 ACS
Most similar
Crockett County
TN · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 8,560 votes cast
Trump · R+74
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−74.5%
1,0547,4278,560
2020R
−70.0%
1,1676,9308,228
2016R
−65.4%
1,0545,4416,705
2012R
−45.3%
1,7254,6696,504
2008R
−40.3%
1,9694,7176,822
2004R
−20.1%
2,9244,4017,360
2000R
−3.6%
2,9213,1446,162
1996D
+13.1%
2,7672,0705,324
1992D
+14.3%
3,1902,3066,184
1988R
−14.0%
1,9412,5764,546
1984R
−15.4%
2,1212,9035,076
1980R
−14.5%
2,0942,8235,015
1976D
+20.3%
2,9531,9494,939
1972R
−39.1%
1,0842,5313,703
1968R
−22.0%
9681,8033,799
1964D
+3.0%
1,9571,8423,799
1960R
−17.3%
1,5762,2413,855
1956R
−26.8%
1,3792,4023,823
1952R
−26.4%
1,4922,5654,057
1948R
−2.3%
1,5001,5703,085
1944R
−7.6%
1,2011,3992,600
1940D
+10.4%
1,7831,4483,231
1936D
+2.6%
1,2911,2252,525
1932R
−9.2%
9831,1842,185
1928R
−53.7%
4461,4811,927
1924R
−39.4%
4111,1031,757
1920R
−46.6%
8162,2483,072
1916R
−37.6%
5631,2651,868
1912D
+9.3%
4663121,654
1908R
−42.6%
4961,2361,738
1904R
−45.6%
3871,0491,453
1900R
−42.7%
4211,0531,480
1896R
−42.3%
4521,1401,626
1892R
−36.3%
3026811,044
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%
English
0.8%
Italian
0.8%
African American
3.5%
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
29.7%
Other Christian
18.3%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Methodist
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A rural Appalachian county on the Cumberland Plateau, Morgan delivered roughly three-quarters of its 2024 presidential vote to the Republican column — a margin that places it among the most one-sided counties in the state.

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

Morgan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,954, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,361 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 Crockett County and Obion County.