- Lead
- 35,247
- Total
- 83,447
- vs nation
- R+40.8
Tennessee 25th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 31,610
- Total
- 86,866
- vs nation
- R+40.8
- Lead
- 27,312
- Total
- 76,487
- vs nation
- R+37.8
- Lead
- 19,244
- Total
- 79,030
- vs nation
- R+28.2
- Lead
- 17,157
- Total
- 85,168
- vs nation
- R+27.4
- Lead
- 11,882
- Total
- 78,701
- vs nation
- R+12.6
- Lead
- 3,541
- Total
- 69,070
- vs nation
- R+5.6
- Lead
- 366
- Total
- 61,155
- vs nation
- R+7.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+42.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 204,1832024 5-year
- Population density
- 74 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,770 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,9802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 12, AL · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Tennessee 25th State Senate 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
78.5%
15,059 votes · D+57.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 78.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.1%
33,726 votes · R+47.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 70.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
33,527votes
39.4% of the vote · R+20.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 33,198 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
58,973votes
70.7% of the vote · R+42.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 58,677 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
+58.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+33.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +40.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+40.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +40.8 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 | 26.5%20,346 | 73.5%56,351 | 76,697 |
| 2020 | R | 29.4%23,635 | 70.6%56,730 | 80,365 |
Tennessee 25th State Senate District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 47.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.2 points.
A population of 204,183, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,980 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 12 and State Senate District 4.
The state-senate 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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Tennessee 25th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/47025/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.