- Lead
- 14,256
- Total
- 41,558
- vs nation
- R+32.8
Tennessee 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,127
- Total
- 39,568
- vs nation
- R+32.6
- Lead
- 10,461
- Total
- 30,725
- vs nation
- R+36.1
- Lead
- 12,626
- Total
- 27,641
- vs nation
- R+49.5
- Lead
- 10,408
- Total
- 27,107
- vs nation
- R+45.7
- Lead
- 10,142
- Total
- 22,942
- vs nation
- R+41.7
- Lead
- 5,661
- Total
- 16,868
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 3,393
- Total
- 13,108
- vs nation
- R+34.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 71,0892024 5-year
- Population density
- 260 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 274 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $115,5282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, TN · twin score 93.5
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 65th 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
92.0%
779 votes · D+84.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 91.6%
Republican
George H. W. Bush1988
72.5%
5,989 votes · R+45.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 72.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
13,865votes
35.0% of the vote · R+28.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 13,325 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27,581votes
66.4% of the vote · R+34.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 24,992 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
+101.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+76.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +81.0 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+49.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+45.7 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +45.7 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 | 32.5%12,253 | 67.5%25,432 | 37,685 |
| 2020 | R | 31.5%11,546 | 68.5%25,099 | 36,645 |
Tennessee 65th State House District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 48.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.3 points.
A population of 71,089, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $115,528 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 61.
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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