- Lead
- 7,740
- Total
- 39,117
- vs nation
- R+18.3
Tennessee 27th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,443
- Total
- 38,609
- vs nation
- R+23.7
- Lead
- 9,223
- Total
- 31,192
- vs nation
- R+31.7
- Lead
- 8,927
- Total
- 30,716
- vs nation
- R+32.9
- Lead
- 8,334
- Total
- 31,945
- vs nation
- R+33.4
- Lead
- 8,847
- Total
- 29,678
- vs nation
- R+27.4
- Lead
- 6,854
- Total
- 26,001
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 4,786
- Total
- 23,960
- vs nation
- R+28.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,2022024 5-year
- Population density
- 407 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 180 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,9652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 26, TN · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 27th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
63.2%
2,970 votes · D+27.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 55.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
75.9%
14,210 votes · R+56.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 71.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
15,364votes
39.3% of the vote · R+19.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 15,163 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23,104votes
59.1% of the vote · R+19.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 22,606 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
James M. Cox1920
+6.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+19.3 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +4.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+40.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.6 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +33.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 41.0%13,177 | 59.0%18,994 | 32,171 |
Tennessee 27th State House District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.8 points.
A population of 73,202, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,965 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 26 and State House District 30.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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