- Lead
- 18,157
- Total
- 29,946
- vs nation
- R+59.2
Tennessee 43rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,389
- Total
- 27,904
- vs nation
- R+59.6
- Lead
- 11,831
- Total
- 23,437
- vs nation
- R+52.6
- Lead
- 6,660
- Total
- 22,155
- vs nation
- R+33.9
- Lead
- 5,778
- Total
- 24,047
- vs nation
- R+31.3
- Lead
- 1,817
- Total
- 23,895
- vs nation
- R+5.1
- Lead
- 2,436
- Total
- 20,906
- vs nation
- D+11.1
- Lead
- 3,257
- Total
- 18,268
- vs nation
- D+9.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 68,3042024 5-year
- Population density
- 84 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 809 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,0762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.6 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 39, TN · twin score 98.4
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 43rd 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
83.6%
2,910 votes · D+67.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 83.5%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
79.8%
23,909 votes · R+60.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 76.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Al Gore2000
11,513votes
55.1% of the vote · D+11.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 11,291 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
23,909votes
79.8% of the vote · R+60.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,456 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
+69.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+44.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +62.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+59.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +59.2 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 | 19.4%5,133 | 80.6%21,328 | 26,461 |
| 2020 | R | 24.5%6,196 | 75.5%19,068 | 25,264 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 50 points, this district sits among the state's most one-sided constituencies, reflecting the heavily Republican political alignment typical of rural or exurban Tennessee communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.6 points.
A population of 68,304, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,076 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 39 and State House District 47.
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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