Tennessee 14th State Senate District, Tennessee: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 229,3962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $79,0842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District 14, TNOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 30,253 | 62,845 | 94,592 | ||
| R | 31,903 | 57,599 | 91,286 | ||
| R | 20,862 | 45,662 | 69,967 | ||
| R | 22,198 | 41,657 | 64,882 | ||
| R | 25,383 | 41,399 | 67,827 | ||
| R | 22,526 | 35,480 | 58,392 | ||
| R | 21,748 | 23,415 | 46,042 | ||
| D | 18,834 | 17,550 | 39,716 | ||
| D | 18,820 | 13,873 | 38,241 | ||
| R | 11,787 | 16,049 | 27,972 | ||
| R | 12,166 | 15,648 | 28,116 | ||
| D | 15,895 | 10,168 | 26,797 | ||
| D | 17,201 | 7,680 | 25,163 | ||
| R | 6,339 | 11,342 | 18,294 | ||
| O | 5,694 | 4,672 | 20,139 | ||
| D | 12,966 | 5,046 | 18,012 | ||
| D | 9,360 | 6,093 | 15,593 | ||
| D | 9,758 | 4,617 | 14,481 | ||
| D | 9,609 | 5,273 | 14,941 | ||
| D | 6,114 | 1,799 | 9,880 | ||
| D | 6,435 | 1,882 | 8,354 | ||
| D | 6,881 | 1,636 | 8,574 | ||
| D | 6,082 | 1,363 | 7,487 | ||
| D | 6,086 | 1,316 | 7,431 | ||
| D | 3,497 | 2,742 | 6,246 | ||
| D | 3,793 | 1,544 | 5,427 | ||
| D | 4,918 | 3,644 | 8,562 | ||
| D | 5,504 | 2,332 | 7,837 | ||
| D | 5,652 | 2,746 | 8,715 | ||
| D | 4,769 | 2,750 | 7,532 | ||
| D | 5,013 | 2,591 | 7,652 | ||
| D | 5,312 | 2,814 | 8,237 | ||
| D | 6,259 | 3,957 | 10,411 | ||
| D | 4,916 | 2,568 | 8,258 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.9%
American
11.3%
German
8.8%
Irish
8.6%
Italian
2.2%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$79,084
State Senate District 14 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 14$79,084
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.5%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)8.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.4%
Other languages1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tennessee 14th State Senate District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Tennessee 14th State Senate District peaked at sixty-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of four points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $79,084 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District 14, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 14, Tennessee voted Republican by 34.5 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 94,592 votes cast, 30,253 went Democratic and 62,845 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 14, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 14, Tennessee as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did State Senate District 14, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 14, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in State Senate District 14, Tennessee?
State Senate District 14, Tennessee has a population of 229,396 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 14, Tennessee?
Median household income in State Senate District 14, Tennessee is $79,084 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of State Senate District 14, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 14, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.