- Lead
- 5,207
- Total
- 22,850
- vs nation
- D+24.3
Tennessee 53rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,950
- Total
- 26,961
- vs nation
- D+25.0
- Lead
- 3,786
- Total
- 21,532
- vs nation
- D+15.5
- Lead
- 2,084
- Total
- 21,047
- vs nation
- D+6.0
- Lead
- 2,794
- Total
- 22,670
- vs nation
- D+5.1
- Lead
- 310
- Total
- 20,837
- vs nation
- D+3.9
- Lead
- 1,601
- Total
- 17,934
- vs nation
- D+8.4
- Lead
- 1,370
- Total
- 17,377
- vs nation
- R+0.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,1232024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,669 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 27.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,5262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 23.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 37, GA · twin score 87.7
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 53rd 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
81.2%
2,013 votes · D+63.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 73.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
64.9%
7,785 votes · R+32.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 57.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,993votes
63.0% of the vote · D+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 13,763 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
10,171votes
48.8% of the vote · D+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 9,703 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
+71.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+51.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +55.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+9.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.7 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +6.0 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%23,553 | 0.0%0 | 23,553 |
| 2018 | D | 71.3%17,156 | 28.7%6,920 | 24,076 |
Tennessee 53rd 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 63.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 32.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.8 points.
A population of 73,123, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,526 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 37 and State House District 42.
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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