- Lead
- 19,607
- Total
- 36,881
- vs nation
- R+51.7
Tennessee 32nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,159
- Total
- 34,304
- vs nation
- R+54.5
- Lead
- 14,575
- Total
- 28,387
- vs nation
- R+53.4
- Lead
- 12,027
- Total
- 27,418
- vs nation
- R+47.7
- Lead
- 11,075
- Total
- 29,549
- vs nation
- R+44.8
- Lead
- 8,101
- Total
- 28,735
- vs nation
- R+25.7
- Lead
- 2,955
- Total
- 25,709
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 292
- Total
- 24,102
- vs nation
- R+7.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 71,0402024 5-year
- Population density
- 183 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 388 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,3722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11.8 in 1976MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.7 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 21, TN · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 32nd 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
Jimmy Carter1976
55.4%
10,359 votes · D+11.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 51.3%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
78.6%
3,480 votes · R+57.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 76.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1992
11,171votes
45.5% of the vote · D+3.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · 11,156 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
28,024votes
76.0% of the vote · R+53.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 25,301 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
Jimmy Carter1976
+9.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.8 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · −0.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+54.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +53.4 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 | 20.7%7,162 | 79.3%27,391 | 34,553 |
| 2020 | R | 21.3%6,830 | 78.7%25,195 | 32,025 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 53 points, this district ranks among the most one-sided in the state, reflecting a rural or exurban electorate where competitive general elections are rare and primary outcomes typically decide representation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.8 points in 1976 and a Republican high of 57.7 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.2 points.
A population of 71,040, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,372 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 21 and State House District 22.
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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