Gainesboro, TN
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+24.5 |
| 2012 | D+21.1 |
| 2016 | R+13.6 |
| 2020 | R+38.6 |
| 2024 | R+50.1 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,064 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+50.1 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $51,923 |
| County | Jackson County |
| State | TN |
Place narrative
Gainesboro anchors one of Tennessee's smallest and most rural counties, where low population density and a longtime Democratic courthouse tradition have gradually given way to the Republican alignment now dominant across the broader Upper Cumberland region.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −50.1% | 90 | 276 | 5 | 371 |
| 2020 | R | −38.6% | 111 | 255 | 7 | 373 |
| 2016 | R | −13.6% | 137 | 181 | 5 | 323 |
| 2012 | D | +21.1% | 198 | 128 | 5 | 331 |
| 2008 | D | +24.5% | 236 | 141 | 11 | 388 |
| 2004† | D | +40.6% | 318 | 134 | 1 | 453 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 89.0% |
| Black | 2.4% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.4% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $51,923 |
| Poverty rate | 26.9% |
| Median age | 49 |
| Age 18–29 | 14.2% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.6% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 17.2% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 3.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Jackson County county page and the TN state page.