2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee

Democratic primary

The Tennessee Democratic primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. President Biden won the state in a landslide, earning all 63 pledged delegates

Republican primary

The Tennessee Republican primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Former president Donald Trump was challenged by Nikki Haley, the only other major candidate remaining in the Republican primaries. Trump won the state in a landslide, defeating Haley by 57.8 points and earning all 58 delegates.

Predictions

Polling

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris

Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver

Electoral slates

The following individuals were nominated as presidential electors:^[35][d]

Results

State Senate district results

State House district results

By county

More information County, Donald Trump Republican ...

County[37]	Donald Trump Republican		Kamala Harris Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Anderson	24,582	67.26%	11,525	31.53%	441	1.21%	13,057	35.73%	36,548
Bedford	15,772	78.51%	4,122	20.52%	196	0.97%	11,650	57.99%	20,090
Benton	5,886	81.07%	1,317	18.14%	57	0.79%	4,569	62.93%	7,260
Bledsoe	5,254	84.87%	891	14.39%	46	0.74%	4,363	70.48%	6,191
Blount	50,699	73.24%	17,664	25.52%	861	1.24%	33,035	47.72%	69,224
Bradley	38,836	78.86%	9,852	20.01%	558	1.13%	28,984	58.85%	49,246
Campbell	13,115	84.46%	2,305	14.84%	108	0.70%	10,810	69.62%	15,528
Cannon	5,682	82.58%	1,132	16.45%	67	0.97%	4,550	66.13%	6,881
Carroll	9,547	80.35%	2,233	18.79%	102	0.86%	7,314	61.56%	11,882
Carter	20,167	81.15%	4,454	17.92%	231	0.93%	15,713	63.23%	24,852
Cheatham	14,987	72.26%	5,464	26.34%	290	1.40%	9,523	45.92%	20,741
Chester	6,206	81.91%	1,286	16.97%	85	1.12%	4,920	64.94%	7,577
Claiborne	11,463	84.70%	1,971	14.56%	100	0.74%	9,492	70.14%	13,534
Clay	3,117	82.90%	614	16.33%	29	0.77%	2,503	66.57%	3,760
Cocke	13,105	83.67%	2,415	15.42%	143	0.91%	10,690	68.25%	15,663
Coffee	19,174	76.91%	5,440	21.82%	318	1.27%	13,734	55.09%	24,932
Crockett	4,674	78.94%	1,196	20.20%	51	0.86%	3,478	58.74%	5,921
Cumberland	27,399	79.09%	6,996	20.20%	247	0.71%	20,403	58.89%	34,642
Davidson	102,256	35.26%	181,862	62.70%	5,918	2.04%	−79,606	−27.44%	290,036
Decatur	4,596	84.08%	819	14.98%	51	0.94%	3,777	69.10%	5,466
DeKalb	7,599	80.87%	1,706	18.16%	91	0.97%	5,893	62.71%	9,396
Dickson	19,002	75.39%	5,913	23.46%	289	1.15%	13,089	51.93%	25,204
Dyer	11,603	80.61%	2,707	18.81%	84	0.58%	8,896	61.80%	14,394
Fayette	16,756	70.71%	6,720	28.36%	220	0.93%	10,036	42.35%	23,696
Fentress	8,555	87.56%	1,149	11.76%	67	0.68%	7,406	75.80%	9,771
Franklin	15,016	76.12%	4,529	22.96%	183	0.92%	10,487	53.16%	19,728
Gibson	16,346	75.51%	5,100	23.56%	202	0.93%	11,246	51.95%	21,648
Giles	10,394	77.07%	2,974	22.05%	119	0.88%	7,420	55.02%	13,487
Grainger	9,630	86.52%	1,432	12.87%	68	0.61%	8,198	73.65%	11,130
Greene	25,586	82.28%	5,145	16.55%	364	1.17%	20,441	65.73%	31,095
Grundy	5,334	84.29%	948	14.98%	46	0.73%	4,386	69.31%	6,328
Hamblen	20,154	79.03%	5,132	20.12%	215	0.85%	15,022	58.91%	25,501
Hamilton	97,195	55.72%	74,437	42.67%	2,806	1.61%	22,758	13.05%	174,438
Hancock	2,558	87.96%	334	11.49%	16	0.55%	2,224	76.47%	2,908
Hardeman	5,793	61.63%	3,527	37.53%	79	0.84%	2,266	24.10%	9,399
Hardin	10,293	85.11%	1,704	14.09%	97	0.80%	8,589	71.02%	12,094
Hawkins	22,066	84.01%	3,987	15.18%	213	0.81%	18,079	68.83%	26,266
Haywood	3,286	49.40%	3,311	49.77%	55	0.83%	−25	−0.37%	6,652
Henderson	10,083	83.70%	1,902	15.79%	62	0.51%	8,181	67.91%	12,047
Henry	11,629	77.14%	3,286	21.80%	161	1.06%	8,343	55.34%	15,076
Hickman	8,265	80.17%	1,968	19.09%	76	0.74%	6,297	61.08%	10,309
Houston	2,989	78.45%	773	20.29%	48	1.26%	2,216	58.16%	3,810
Humphreys	6,400	77.44%	1,767	21.38%	97	1.18%	4,633	56.06%	8,264
Jackson	4,586	80.80%	1,040	18.32%	50	0.88%	3,546	62.48%	5,676
Jefferson	21,068	81.61%	4,503	17.44%	244	0.95%	16,565	64.17%	25,815
Johnson	6,829	84.29%	1,212	14.96%	61	0.75%	5,617	69.33%	8,102
Knox	130,815	58.96%	87,516	39.45%	3,533	1.59%	43,299	19.51%	221,864
Lake	1,493	77.00%	429	22.12%	17	0.88%	1,064	54.88%	1,939
Lauderdale	5,633	68.15%	2,571	31.10%	62	0.75%	3,062	37.05%	8,266
Lawrence	16,429	84.11%	2,939	15.05%	165	0.84%	13,490	69.06%	19,533
Lewis	4,852	82.38%	991	16.83%	47	0.79%	3,861	65.55%	5,890
Lincoln	13,208	81.89%	2,782	17.25%	138	0.86%	10,426	64.64%	16,128
Loudon	25,226	75.96%	7,625	22.96%	358	1.08%	17,601	53.00%	33,209
Macon	8,958	86.69%	1,277	12.36%	98	0.95%	7,681	74.33%	10,333
Madison	23,385	58.52%	16,115	40.32%	464	1.16%	7,270	18.20%	39,964
Marion	10,788	77.43%	3,026	21.72%	119	0.85%	7,762	55.71%	13,933
Marshall	12,426	77.85%	3,390	21.24%	146	0.91%	9,036	56.61%	15,962
Maury	37,376	71.75%	14,145	27.15%	569	1.10%	23,231	44.60%	52,090
McMinn	19,673	81.73%	4,207	17.48%	192	0.79%	15,466	64.25%	24,072
McNairy	9,437	83.76%	1,727	15.33%	103	0.91%	7,710	68.43%	11,267
Meigs	5,085	83.37%	968	15.87%	46	0.76%	4,117	67.50%	6,099
Monroe	18,526	82.99%	3,608	16.16%	189	0.85%	14,918	66.83%	22,323
Montgomery	47,795	58.46%	32,736	40.04%	1,224	1.50%	15,059	18.42%	81,755
Moore	3,060	83.74%	542	14.83%	52	1.43%	2,518	68.91%	3,654
Morgan	7,427	86.76%	1,054	12.31%	79	0.93%	6,373	74.45%	8,560
Obion	10,596	82.14%	2,221	17.22%	83	0.64%	8,375	64.92%	12,900
Overton	9,042	81.69%	1,931	17.45%	96	0.86%	7,111	64.24%	11,069
Perry	3,139	84.47%	558	15.02%	19	0.51%	2,581	69.45%	3,716
Pickett	2,441	82.63%	487	16.49%	26	0.88%	1,954	66.14%	2,954
Polk	7,302	83.67%	1,356	15.54%	69	0.79%	5,946	68.13%	8,727
Putnam	25,554	73.14%	8,991	25.73%	394	1.13%	16,563	47.41%	34,939
Rhea	11,974	82.90%	2,312	16.01%	158	1.09%	9,662	66.89%	14,444
Roane	21,011	76.65%	6,073	22.15%	328	1.20%	14,938	54.50%	27,412
Robertson	26,260	74.88%	8,428	24.03%	382	1.09%	17,832	50.85%	35,070
Rutherford	88,811	60.15%	56,656	38.37%	2,189	1.48%	32,155	21.78%	147,656
Scott	8,608	89.62%	942	9.81%	55	0.57%	7,666	79.81%	9,605
Sequatchie	6,522	82.66%	1,292	16.38%	76	0.96%	5,230	66.28%	7,890
Sevier	35,207	80.07%	8,322	18.93%	441	1.00%	26,885	61.14%	43,970
Shelby	118,917	36.42%	201,759	61.80%	5,821	1.78%	−82,842	−25.38%	326,497
Smith	7,655	81.99%	1,595	17.08%	86	0.93%	6,060	64.91%	9,336
Stewart	5,389	81.40%	1,160	17.52%	71	1.08%	4,229	63.88%	6,620
Sullivan	58,154	76.98%	16,624	22.01%	763	1.01%	41,530	54.97%	75,541
Sumner	68,767	70.34%	27,874	28.51%	1,120	1.15%	40,893	41.83%	97,761
Tipton	20,303	75.95%	6,178	23.11%	252	0.94%	14,125	52.84%	26,733
Trousdale	3,359	79.02%	856	20.14%	36	0.84%	2,503	58.88%	4,251
Unicoi	6,876	80.51%	1,578	18.48%	87	1.01%	5,298	62.03%	8,541
Union	7,384	85.18%	1,216	14.03%	69	0.79%	6,168	71.15%	8,669
Van Buren	2,718	83.25%	524	16.05%	23	0.70%	2,194	67.20%	3,265
Warren	13,192	77.53%	3,647	21.43%	176	1.04%	9,545	56.10%	17,015
Washington	42,299	69.08%	18,131	29.61%	804	1.31%	24,168	39.47%	61,234
Wayne	6,016	88.07%	762	11.16%	53	0.77%	5,254	76.91%	6,831
Weakley	10,541	78.70%	2,725	20.34%	128	0.96%	7,816	58.36%	13,394
White	10,717	82.88%	2,105	16.28%	109	0.84%	8,612	66.60%	12,931
Williamson	94,562	65.36%	47,695	32.97%	2,411	1.67%	46,867	32.39%	144,668
Wilson	56,425	69.44%	23,855	29.36%	974	1.20%	32,570	40.08%	81,254
Totals	1,966,865	64.19%	1,056,265	34.47%	40,812	1.34%	910,600	29.72%	3,063,942

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Swing by county

Legend

•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +5-7.5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%

Trend relative to the state by county^[g]

Legend

•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
    Democratic — +0-2.5%
    Republican — +0-2.5%
    Republican — +2.5-5%

By Grand Division

Trump won all three of Tennessee's Grand Divisions—West, Middle, and East Tennessee. Middle and East Tennessee are solidly Republican, while West Tennessee, owing to its high Black population, was formerly loyal to the Democrats. It has become competitive for Republicans in recent elections. In 2020, Trump had won it with 49.43% to Biden's 49.06%. Democrats had previously won West Tennessee in 2004, 2008, and 2012.^[44][45]

Nashville Metropolitan Area

The Nashville metropolitan area, which includes urban Davidson County (home to Tennessee’s state capital Nashville), along with the suburban counties of Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson; the exurban counties of Cheatham, Maury, and Robertson; and the rural counties of Cannon, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Smith, and Trousdale, voted as follows:

In Davidson County, Kamala Harris received 62.7% of the vote. The county had not supported a Republican presidential candidate since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Notably, Donald Trump performed well in some of Nashville's urban core. He lost Downtown Nashville, home to landmarks like Broadway and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, by only 7.8%—a significant improvement from his 24.6% loss there in 2020.^[49][50] Trump's strongest performance in Davidson County came from its rural northern areas, such as Joelton. He also won in parts of southern Davidson County, including suburban areas like Forest Hills and Belle Meade.^[48][51][52]

The surrounding counties around Davidson voted heavily for Trump. He received high raw vote totals in Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson counties, all of which ranked among the fastest-growing areas of Tennessee in 2023.^[53] In Rutherford County, Trump carried the city of Murfreesboro by 15.4%.^[54] Across the Nashville metropolitan area, Trump received 58.0% of the vote, while Harris received 40.5%.^[55][48]

Hamilton County

Hamilton County, home to Chattanooga, voted somewhat comfortably for Donald Trump, who received 55.7% of the vote. The last Democrat to win the county was Harry S. Truman in 1948, although George Wallace did win a plurality in 1968.^[56] Kamala Harris won Chattanooga’s city limits by a 14.2% margin of victory. However, this was a decline from Joe Biden’s 18.8% margin during the 2020 election. Trump improved on his previous performance in the county, returning it to a double-digit margin after winning by only a single-digit margin in 2020.

Trump’s strength came from the suburban and mainly rural areas of Hamilton County, which outweighed Democratic support in the city. Outside Chattanooga, he dominated nearly all precincts, with his strongest performance in the northern and eastern rural parts of the county.^[54][48]

Knox County

Knox County, home to Knoxville, voted comfortably for Donald Trump, who received 59.0% of the vote. This continued the county’s long-standing streak of not supporting a Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940. Kamala Harris won Knoxville’s city limits by a 11.4% margin of victory. However, this was a decline from Joe Biden’s 16.0% margin during the 2020 election.^[54]

Trump's victory in Knox County was largely driven by his overwhelming support in the suburban and rural areas, which offset Harris’s strength in the urban core. Outside of Knoxville, Trump dominated nearly all precincts, with his strongest showing in the rural northern parts of the county.^[48]

Montgomery County

Montgomery County, home to Clarksville and Fort Campbell, voted comfortably for Donald Trump, who received 58.5% of the vote. The county has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996.

Clarksville’s urban core, including its diverse neighborhoods and precincts, showed competitive support for Kamala Harris. However, other precincts outside the urban core offset that Democratic strength, helping Trump carry the city by a 6.2% margin, an improvement from his narrow 0.4% margin in 2020.^[57] Most of the rural and suburban areas of the county, such as Cunningham, Palmyra, Port Royal, Sango, and Southside voted overwhelmingly for Trump, contributing to his comfortable overall lead in the county.^[58]

Shelby County

Shelby County, home to Memphis, and the most populated county in Tennessee voted decisively for Kamala Harris, who received 61.8% of the vote. The county has not supported a Republican presidential candidate since George H. W. Bush in 1988. Harris’s win in the county was driven largely by the predominantly black, Democratic-leaning population of Memphis, which forms the county's urban core.^[48]

Trump performed best in Shelby County’s eastern white suburbs, including Bartlett, Collierville, and Germantown which tend to lean more conservative. He also did well in northern parts of the county, including Millington.^[59][52]