- Lead
- 7,412
- Total
- 20,251
- vs nation
- D+38.1
Tennessee 52nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,977
- Total
- 24,231
- vs nation
- D+36.7
- Lead
- 7,118
- Total
- 19,664
- vs nation
- D+34.1
- Lead
- 5,689
- Total
- 19,375
- vs nation
- D+25.5
- Lead
- 6,706
- Total
- 21,015
- vs nation
- D+24.6
- Lead
- 4,125
- Total
- 18,991
- vs nation
- D+24.2
- Lead
- 4,704
- Total
- 16,444
- vs nation
- D+28.1
- Lead
- 4,238
- Total
- 15,668
- vs nation
- D+18.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+36.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,2152024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,627 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 45 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,9102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 40.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 30.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 23.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+14.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 77, VA · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 52nd 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
87.5%
2,200 votes · D+75.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 82.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
55.9%
5,659 votes · R+14.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 47.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,651votes
68.7% of the vote · D+41.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 13,738 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
7,378votes
38.8% of the vote · D+21.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 7,032 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+86.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+67.3 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +75.0 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
−9.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+8.3 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −9.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 100.0%23,583 | 0.0%0 | 23,583 |
| 2018 | D | 71.3%17,177 | 28.7%6,929 | 24,106 |
Tennessee 52nd State House District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 14.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.6 points.
A population of 73,215, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,910 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 77 and State House District 99.
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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