- Lead
- 9,127
- Total
- 21,534
- vs nation
- D+43.9
Tennessee 98th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,844
- Total
- 26,574
- vs nation
- D+40.1
- Lead
- 8,989
- Total
- 23,453
- vs nation
- D+36.2
- Lead
- 9,616
- Total
- 25,859
- vs nation
- D+33.3
- Lead
- 10,843
- Total
- 28,186
- vs nation
- D+31.2
- Lead
- 7,132
- Total
- 25,992
- vs nation
- D+29.9
- Lead
- 6,076
- Total
- 22,983
- vs nation
- D+25.9
- Lead
- 5,555
- Total
- 22,338
- vs nation
- D+16.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+42.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 73,2012024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,672 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 27.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,4742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 23.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 61.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+21.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 96, TN · twin score 99.3
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 98th 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%
4,666 votes · D+95.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 91.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
60.3%
9,586 votes · R+21.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 46.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
19,438votes
69.0% of the vote · D+38.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 18,969 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
9,978votes
44.1% of the vote · D+11.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 9,586 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
+86.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+66.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · +80.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+5.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+17.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −1.4 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 | D | 61.8%15,059 | 38.2%9,310 | 24,369 |
| 2020 | D | 63.2%18,531 | 36.8%10,768 | 29,299 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+42.4, this district stands well outside Tennessee's statewide lean, suggesting a heavily urban or majority-minority constituency concentrated in a single legislative seat.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 21.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.4 points.
A population of 73,201, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,474 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 96 and State House District 3.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
Tennessee 98th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/47098/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.