- Lead
- 18,120
- Total
- 31,260
- vs nation
- R+56.5
Tennessee 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,992
- Total
- 30,137
- vs nation
- R+57.5
- Lead
- 12,311
- Total
- 24,734
- vs nation
- R+51.9
- Lead
- 8,026
- Total
- 23,496
- vs nation
- R+38.0
- Lead
- 6,710
- Total
- 25,422
- vs nation
- R+33.7
- Lead
- 2,868
- Total
- 25,096
- vs nation
- R+9.0
- Lead
- 1,370
- Total
- 22,384
- vs nation
- D+5.6
- Lead
- 2,415
- Total
- 20,348
- vs nation
- D+3.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 71,4182024 5-year
- Population density
- 90 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 789 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,3392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78.4 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58.0 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 41, TN · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 47th 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
89.2%
1,875 votes · D+78.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Winfield S. Hancock, 1880 · 85.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
78.4%
24,508 votes · R+58.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 75.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Al Gore2000
11,711votes
52.3% of the vote · D+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 11,531 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
24,508votes
78.4% of the vote · R+58.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 22,685 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
+72.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +60.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+57.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +56.5 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 | 20.8%5,768 | 79.2%21,955 | 27,723 |
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+58.0, against R+26.4 in 2008. The district had about 73,500 residents, 88.3% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 78.4 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 58.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.0 points.
A population of 71,418, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,339 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 41 and State House District 43.
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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Tennessee 47th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/47047/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.