- Lead
- 2,807
- Total
- 34,984
- vs nation
- R+6.6
Tennessee 83rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,922
- Total
- 39,414
- vs nation
- R+11.9
- Lead
- 6,725
- Total
- 33,994
- vs nation
- R+21.9
- Lead
- 8,555
- Total
- 37,570
- vs nation
- R+26.6
- Lead
- 8,809
- Total
- 40,674
- vs nation
- R+28.9
- Lead
- 13,297
- Total
- 40,179
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 12,170
- Total
- 36,127
- vs nation
- R+34.2
- Lead
- 11,916
- Total
- 35,192
- vs nation
- R+42.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 70,7682024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,057 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 34.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $114,7922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+79.5 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 74, NC · twin score 93.0
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 83rd 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
89.5%
3,784 votes · D+79.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 72.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.1%
27,274 votes · R+67.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 78.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,949votes
45.5% of the vote · R+7.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,739 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
28,544votes
73.2% of the vote · R+47.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 27,274 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
+55.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+79.5 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +36.1 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+64.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +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 | D | 61.8%14,558 | 38.2%9,001 | 23,559 |
| 2020 | D | 63.2%17,915 | 36.8%10,410 | 28,325 |
Tennessee 83rd 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 79.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 67.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.0 points.
A population of 70,768, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $114,792 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 74 and State House District 10.
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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