Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
50.2%
23,919 votes · D+1.2
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 49.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
77.0%
212,192 votes · R+55.0
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 75.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
74,660votes
47.8% of the vote · R+2.3
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 73,822 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
212,192votes
77.0% of the vote · R+55.0
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 201,240 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+10.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+14.7 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +0.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+56.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.7 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +56.5 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Clinton938,822 votes · 9 of 9 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Clinton6Sanders319,552 votes · 9 of 9 countiesprimary
Biden7Sanders228,682 votes · 9 of 9 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
Year
Total registered
2016
359,585
2018
355,222
2020
381,545
2022
392,387
2024
413,502
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+6,015 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +53,246 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,516
2012
+1,249
2013
+125
2014
+467
2015
+1,045
2016
+2,398
2017
+3,164
2018
+3,518
2019
+2,881
2021
+5,316
2022
+10,169
2023
+9,151
2024
+6,232
2025
+6,015
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 55.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.0 points.
A population of 593,199, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,034 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL and Knoxville-Morristown-Sevierville, TN.
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How did Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee voted Republican by 55.0 points (R+55.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 275,614 votes cast, 60,529 went Democratic and 212,192 went Republican.
When did Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee?
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee has a population of 593,199 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee?
Median household income in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee is $58,034 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
