Rutledge, TN
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+41.7 |
| 2012 | R+55.2 |
| 2016 | R+73.2 |
| 2020 | R+75.3 |
| 2024 | R+77.0 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,676 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+77.0 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $50,045 |
| County | Grainger County |
| State | TN |
Place narrative
Rutledge anchors one of Tennessee's smaller, agriculture-rooted counties, where low population density and tight-knit community ties have historically produced some of the state's most consistent single-party margins at the local level.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −77.0% | 62 | 495 | 5 | 562 |
| 2020 | R | −75.3% | 63 | 465 | 6 | 534 |
| 2016 | R | −73.2% | 53 | 383 | 15 | 451 |
| 2012 | R | −55.2% | 92 | 327 | 7 | 426 |
| 2008 | R | −41.7% | 124 | 313 | 16 | 453 |
| 2004† | R | −30.3% | 156 | 293 | 3 | 452 |
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 | 93.1% |
| Black | 2.1% |
| Asian | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $50,045 |
| Poverty rate | 24.8% |
| Median age | 46.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.6% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.5% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 13.6% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 3.3% |
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 Grainger County county page and the TN state page.