Election Results for Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	33,474	11.8
Deaths:	47,230	16.6
Net Migration:	49,739	17.5
Net Immigration:	1,443	0.5

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +78,458	R +28,407	D + 5.2%
D +50,051
2020 vs. 2012	R +98,429	R +60,237	R + 0.5%
D +38,192
2020 vs. 2008	R +97,421	R +86,786	R + 7.8%
D +10,635

2016 vs. 2008	R +18,963	R +58,379	R + 13.0%
D -39,416
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	56%	Donald Trump* (R)	450,815	70.0%	Joe Biden (D)	182,140	28.3%	11,487 [+]	1.8%	644,442	23	0.41%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 6,685 (1.0%);
2016	48%	Donald Trump (R)	372,357	70.3%	Hillary Clinton (D)	132,089	24.9%	25,242 [+]	4.8%	529,688	24	0.39%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 15,679 (3.0%); Jill Stein (Grn) 3,274 (0.6%); Evan McMullin (I) 2,142 (0.4%);
2012	48%	Mitt Romney (R)	352,386	69.8%	Barack Obama* (D)	143,948	28.5%	8,517 [+]	1.7%	504,851	23	0.39%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 4,531 (0.9%);
2008	52%	John McCain (R)	353,394	66.3%	Barack Obama (D)	171,505	32.2%	8,218 [+]	1.5%	533,117	21	0.41%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 3,004 (0.6%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 2,273 (0.4%);
2004	53%	George W. Bush* (R)	331,856	64.1%	John Kerry (D)	181,682	35.1%	3,954 [+]	0.8%	517,492	13	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 1,993 (0.4%);
2000	48%	George W. Bush (R)	255,974	58.1%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	177,205	40.2%	7,491 [+]	1.7%	440,670	10	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 4,337 (1.0%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 1,222 (0.3%);
1996	46%	Robert Dole (R)	197,751	49.4%	Bill Clinton* (D)	172,175	43.0%	30,128 [+]	7.5%	400,054	9	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 25,763 (6.4%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 1,918 (0.5%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,312 (0.3%);
1992	51%	George Bush* (R)	194,335	46.6%	Bill Clinton (D)	174,824	41.9%	47,858 [+]	11.5%	417,017	9	0.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 46,050 (11.0%);
1988	44%	George Bush (R)	214,919	63.8%	Michael Dukakis (D)	119,770	35.6%	2,026 [+]	0.6%	336,715	10	0.37%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 450 (0.1%);
1984	48%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	230,432	65.0%	Walter Mondale (D)	121,889	34.4%	2,284	0.6%	354,605	6	0.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	49%	Ronald Reagan (R)	204,311	59.6%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	126,677	36.9%	12,010 [+]	3.5%	342,998	9	0.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 9,518 (2.8%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 1,479 (0.4%);
1976	51%	Gerald Ford* (R)	160,425	50.7%	Jimmy Carter (D)	152,597	48.2%	3,465 [+]	1.1%	316,487	3	0.39%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 1,217 (0.4%);
1972	45%	Richard Nixon* (R)	186,476	73.0%	George McGovern (D)	64,514	25.3%	4,485 [+]	1.8%	255,475	12	0.33%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 4,399 (1.7%);
1968	56%	Richard Nixon (R)	146,341	55.4%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	66,890	25.3%	51,096 [+]	19.3%	264,327	12	0.36%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 51,011 (19.3%);
1964	55%	Barry Goldwater (R)	133,180	52.4%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	120,808	47.5%	147	0.1%	254,135	14	0.36%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	57%	Richard Nixon (R)	166,029	64.7%	John Kennedy (D)	88,904	34.7%	1,637	0.6%	256,570	15	0.37%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	52%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	153,131	64.7%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	80,618	34.1%	2,748	1.2%	236,497	7	0.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	49%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	146,455	65.2%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	77,659	34.6%	480	0.2%	224,594	10	0.36%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	35%	Thomas Dewey (R)	86,648	58.1%	Harry Truman* (D)	57,287	38.4%	5,253 [+]	3.5%	149,188	13	0.31%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 3,992 (2.7%); Henry Wallace (Prog) 580 (0.4%);
1944	35%	Thomas Dewey (R)	86,061	61.6%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	53,221	38.1%	502	0.4%	139,784	16	0.29%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	36%	Wendell Willkie (R)	70,880	52.0%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	64,614	47.4%	752	0.6%	136,246	7	0.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	40%	Alf Landon (R)	68,804	52.0%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	63,073	47.7%	467 [+]	0.4%	132,344	15	0.29%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: Norman Thomas (Soc) 172 (0.1%); William Lemke (Union) 39 (0.0%);
1932	33%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	56,841	54.2%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	46,885	44.7%	1,206 [+]	1.1%	104,932	15	0.26%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 459 (0.4%);
1928	34%	Herbert Hoover (R)	75,673	77.2%	Al Smith (D)	22,158	22.6%	165 [+]	0.2%	97,996	19	0.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 9 (0.0%);
1924	31%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	56,354	66.1%	John Davis (D)	24,525	28.8%	4,314 [+]	5.1%	85,193	12	0.29%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 4,208 (4.9%);
1920	40%	Warren Harding (R)	78,925	74.8%	James Cox (D)	26,077	24.7%	503 [+]	0.5%	105,505	15	0.39%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 404 (0.4%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 0 (0.0%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 0 (0.0%);
1916	25%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	41,260	68.9%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	17,856	29.8%	743 [+]	1.2%	59,859	23	0.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 109 (0.2%); James Hanly (Proh) 39 (0.1%);
1912	24%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	23,782	42.8%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	16,630	29.9%	15,206 [+]	27.3%	55,618	2	0.37%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 13,952 (25.1%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 919 (1.7%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 295 (0.5%);
1908	29%	William Taft (R)	42,318	70.2%	William J. Bryan (D)	17,023	28.2%	957 [+]	1.6%	60,298	19	0.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 0 (0.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 0 (0.0%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 0 (0.0%);
1904	24%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	33,530	70.0%	Alton Parker (D)	13,375	27.9%	1,017 [+]	2.1%	47,922	14	0.35%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 0 (0.0%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 0 (0.0%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 0 (0.0%);
1900	32%	William McKinley* (R)	39,859	67.7%	William J. Bryan (D)	18,201	30.9%	779 [+]	1.3%	58,839	16	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: Eugene Debs (Soc) 0 (0.0%); John Woolley (Proh) 0 (0.0%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

182,140

28.3%

Donald Trump* (R)

450,815

70.0%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

6,685

1.0%

Other

4,802

0.7%

TOTAL

644,442

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 23

2016 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

132,089

24.9%

Donald Trump (R)

372,357

70.3%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

15,679

3.0%

Jill Stein (Grn)

3,274

0.6%

Evan McMullin (I)

2,142

0.4%

Other

4,147

0.8%

TOTAL

529,688

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 24

2012 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

143,948

28.5%

Mitt Romney (R)

352,386

69.8%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

4,531

0.9%

Other

3,986

0.8%

TOTAL

504,851

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 23

2008 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

171,505

32.2%

John McCain (R)

353,394

66.3%

Ralph Nader (I)

3,004

0.6%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

2,273

0.4%

Other

2,941

0.6%

TOTAL

533,117

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): 21

2004 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

331,856

64.1%

John Kerry (D)

181,682

35.1%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,993

0.4%

Other

1,961

0.4%

TOTAL

517,492

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): 13

2000 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

255,974

58.1%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

177,205

40.2%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

4,337

1.0%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

1,222

0.3%

Other

1,932

0.4%

TOTAL

440,670

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 10

1996 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

172,175

43.0%

Robert Dole (R)

197,751

49.4%

Ross Perot (Ref)

25,763

6.4%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

1,918

0.5%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

1,312

0.3%

Other

1,135

0.3%

TOTAL

400,054

Turnout: 46%	Diff (US): 9

1992 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

174,824

41.9%

George Bush* (R)

194,335

46.6%

Ross Perot (I)

46,050

11.0%

Other

1,808

0.4%

TOTAL

417,017

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): 9

1988 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

214,919

63.8%

Michael Dukakis (D)

119,770

35.6%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

450

0.1%

Other

1,576

0.5%

TOTAL

336,715

Turnout: 44%	Diff (US): 10

1984 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

230,432

65.0%

Walter Mondale (D)

121,889

34.4%

Other

2,284

0.6%

TOTAL

354,605

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 6

1980 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

204,311

59.6%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

126,677

36.9%

John Anderson (I)

9,518

2.8%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

1,479

0.4%

Other

1,013

0.3%

TOTAL

342,998

Turnout: 49%	Diff (US): 9

1976 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

152,597

48.2%

Gerald Ford* (R)

160,425

50.7%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

1,217

0.4%

Other

2,248

0.7%

TOTAL

316,487

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): 3

1972 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

186,476

73.0%

George McGovern (D)

64,514

25.3%

John Schmitz (Amer)

4,399

1.7%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

255,475

Turnout: 45%	Diff (US): 12

1968 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

146,341

55.4%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

66,890

25.3%

George Wallace (AIP)

51,011

19.3%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

264,327

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): 12

1964 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

120,808

47.5%

Barry Goldwater (R)

133,180

52.4%

Other

147

0.1%

TOTAL

254,135

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): 14

1960 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

88,904

34.7%

Richard Nixon (R)

166,029

64.7%

Other

1,637

0.6%

TOTAL

256,570

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 15

1956 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

153,131

64.7%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

80,618

34.1%

Other

2,748

1.2%

TOTAL

236,497

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): 7

1952 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

146,455

65.2%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

77,659

34.6%

Other

480

0.2%

TOTAL

224,594

Turnout: 49%	Diff (US): 10

1948 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

57,287

38.4%

Thomas Dewey (R)

86,648

58.1%

Strom Thurmond (StsRts)

3,992

2.7%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

580

0.4%

Other

681

0.5%

TOTAL

149,188

Turnout: 35%	Diff (US): 13

1944 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

53,221

38.1%

Thomas Dewey (R)

86,061

61.6%

Other

502

0.4%

TOTAL

139,784

Turnout: 35%	Diff (US): 16

1940 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

64,614

47.4%

Wendell Willkie (R)

70,880

52.0%

Other

752

0.6%

TOTAL

136,246

Turnout: 36%	Diff (US): 7

1936 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

63,073

47.7%

Alf Landon (R)

68,804

52.0%

William Lemke (Union)

0.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

172

0.1%

Other

256

0.2%

TOTAL

132,344

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): 15

1932 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

46,885

44.7%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

56,841

54.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

459

0.4%

Other

747

0.7%

TOTAL

104,932

Turnout: 33%	Diff (US): 15

1928 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

75,673

77.2%

Al Smith (D)

22,158

22.6%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

0.0%

Other

156

0.2%

TOTAL

97,996

Turnout: 34%	Diff (US): 19

1924 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

56,354

66.1%

John Davis (D)

24,525

28.8%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

4,208

4.9%

Other

106

0.1%

TOTAL

85,193

Turnout: 31%	Diff (US): 12

1920 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

78,925

74.8%

James Cox (D)

26,077

24.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

404

0.4%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

105,505

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): 15

1916 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

17,856

29.8%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

41,260

68.9%

Allan Benson (Soc)

109

0.2%

James Hanly (Proh)

0.1%

Other

595

1.0%

TOTAL

59,859

Turnout: 25%	Diff (US): 23

1912 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

16,630

29.9%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

23,782

42.8%

William Taft* (R)

13,952

25.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

919

1.7%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

295

0.5%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

55,618

Turnout: 24%	Diff (US): 2

1908 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

42,318

70.2%

William J. Bryan (D)

17,023

28.2%

Other

957

1.6%

TOTAL

60,298

Turnout: 29%	Diff (US): 19

1904 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

33,530

70.0%

Alton Parker (D)

13,375

27.9%

Other

1,017

2.1%

TOTAL

47,922

Turnout: 24%	Diff (US): 14

1900 President, Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

39,859

67.7%

William J. Bryan (D)

18,201

30.9%

Other

779

1.3%

TOTAL

58,839

Turnout: 32%	Diff (US): 16

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	1,274,396	87.36%	5.8%
Black:	61,963	4.25%	13.3%
Indian:	4,479	0.31%	24.7%
Asian:	21,052	1.44%	57.8%
2+ races:	26,469	1.81%	44.9%
Hispanic:	70,496	4.83%	61.1%

Total non-White:	184,459	12.64%	36.9%

Change in White population:	69,644	5.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	49,713	3.7

Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Knoxville, TN-KY Market Area