- Lead
- 20,783
- Total
- 33,065
- vs nation
- R+61.4
Tennessee 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,966
- Total
- 30,716
- vs nation
- R+62.9
- Lead
- 14,565
- Total
- 24,819
- vs nation
- R+60.8
- Lead
- 10,322
- Total
- 23,650
- vs nation
- R+47.5
- Lead
- 8,851
- Total
- 24,223
- vs nation
- R+43.8
- Lead
- 6,302
- Total
- 23,803
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 3,003
- Total
- 19,989
- vs nation
- R+15.5
- Lead
- 1,306
- Total
- 17,791
- vs nation
- R+15.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 71,6602024 5-year
- Population density
- 51 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,395 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,4882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.9 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 5, TN · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 71st 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. Roosevelt1932
57.3%
3,028 votes · D+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 55.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
81.0%
26,782 votes · R+62.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 78.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
8,676votes
36.4% of the vote · R+26.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 8,323 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
26,782votes
81.0% of the vote · R+62.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 24,145 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
+13.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+11.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +6.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+62.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +61.4 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 | 20.0%5,809 | 80.0%23,243 | 29,052 |
| 2020 | R | 18.1%3,654 | 81.9%16,555 | 20,209 |
Tennessee 71st 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 15.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 62.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.9 points.
A population of 71,660, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,488 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 5 and State House District 62.
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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