- Lead
- 10,875
- Total
- 23,493
- vs nation
- D+47.8
Tennessee 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,433
- Total
- 28,977
- vs nation
- D+41.9
- Lead
- 9,426
- Total
- 25,063
- vs nation
- D+35.5
- Lead
- 10,072
- Total
- 27,581
- vs nation
- D+32.7
- Lead
- 11,361
- Total
- 30,010
- vs nation
- D+30.6
- Lead
- 7,400
- Total
- 27,617
- vs nation
- D+29.3
- Lead
- 6,304
- Total
- 24,632
- vs nation
- D+25.1
- Lead
- 5,771
- Total
- 23,855
- vs nation
- D+15.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+46.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 71,7352024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,375 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 30.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,7152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 55.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.4 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 98, TN · twin score 99.3
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 96th 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
97.6%
4,928 votes · D+95.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 91.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
60.0%
10,290 votes · R+22.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 48.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
20,965votes
72.4% of the vote · D+46.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 20,590 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
10,750votes
44.4% of the vote · D+10.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 10,290 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
+84.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+65.2 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · +77.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+5.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+17.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −1.2 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%14,757 | 38.2%9,124 | 23,881 |
| 2020 | D | 63.2%18,160 | 36.8%10,553 | 28,713 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+46.3, this Memphis-area district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in the state, reflecting the dense urban core and majority-minority demographics typical of Shelby County's inner precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 22.0 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 46.3 points.
A population of 71,735, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,715 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 98 and State House District 58.
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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