2022 population: 1,085,032
( 72,114 from 2010
,
19,348 from 2020)
Land area: 7115.5 square miles
Population density: 152.5 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 858,856 | 79.15% | ![]() |
Black: | 90,591 | 8.35% | ![]() |
Indian: | 4,176 | 0.38% | ![]() |
Asian: | 15,520 | 1.43% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 20,152 | 1.86% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 95,737 | 8.82% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 226,176 | 20.85% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
---|---|---|
Births: | 26,386 | 12.4 |
Deaths: | 32,990 | 15.5 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 24,233 | 11.4 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 1,217 | 0.6 |
Change in White population: | 28,216 | 2.8 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 43,898 | 4.3 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +56,984 | R +23,004 | D + 3.8% | |
D +33,980 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +82,358 | R +63,018 | R + 5.8% | |
D +19,340 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +78,384 | R +73,486 | R + 10.2% | |
D +4,898 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +21,400 | R +50,482 | R + 14.0% | |
D -29,082 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) ![]() | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 56% | Donald Trump* (R) | 330,573 | 69.4% | Joe Biden (D) | 137,851 | 29.0% | 7,564 [+] | 1.6% | 475,988 | 23 | 0.30% |
2016 | 49% | Donald Trump (R) | 273,589 | 69.3% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 103,871 | 26.3% | 17,549 [+] | 4.4% | 395,009 | 23 | 0.29% |
2012 | 47% | Mitt Romney (R) | 248,215 | 66.4% | Barack Obama* (D) | 118,511 | 31.7% | 7,332 [+] | 2.0% | 374,058 | 19 | 0.29% |
2008 | 51% | John McCain (R) | 252,189 | 64.5% | Barack Obama (D) | 132,953 | 34.0% | 6,048 [+] | 1.5% | 391,190 | 19 | 0.30% |
2004 | 50% | George W. Bush* (R) | 233,041 | 63.5% | John Kerry (D) | 131,303 | 35.8% | 2,712 [+] | 0.7% | 367,056 | 13 | 0.30% |
2000 | 46% | George W. Bush (R) | 187,610 | 59.1% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 124,482 | 39.2% | 5,324 [+] | 1.7% | 317,416 | 11 | 0.30% |
1996 | 44% | Robert Dole (R) | 141,141 | 49.4% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 120,314 | 42.1% | 24,119 [+] | 8.4% | 285,574 | 9 | 0.30% |
1992 | 49% | George Bush* (R) | 139,204 | 46.0% | Bill Clinton (D) | 124,241 | 41.1% | 39,144 [+] | 12.9% | 302,589 | 9 | 0.29% |
1988 | 44% | George Bush (R) | 164,723 | 63.3% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 94,322 | 36.2% | 1,282 [+] | 0.5% | 260,327 | 10 | 0.28% |
1984 | 47% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 167,725 | 63.3% | Walter Mondale (D) | 96,243 | 36.3% | 1,209 | 0.5% | 265,177 | 4 | 0.29% |
1980 | 45% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 129,221 | 52.2% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 112,770 | 45.6% | 5,397 [+] | 2.2% | 247,388 | 2 | 0.29% |
1976 | 48% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 128,610 | 55.4% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 101,652 | 43.8% | 2,065 [+] | 0.9% | 232,327 | -4 | 0.28% |
1972 | 41% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 134,014 | 72.4% | George McGovern (D) | 45,603 | 24.6% | 5,559 [+] | 3.0% | 185,176 | 12 | 0.24% |
1968 | 55% | George Wallace (AIP) | 82,321 | 40.5% | Richard Nixon (R) | 72,866 | 35.8% | 48,317 [+] | 23.7% | 203,504 | -8 | 0.28% |
1964 | 52% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 90,152 | 49.2% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 89,768 | 49.0% | 3,172 | 1.7% | 183,092 | 11 | 0.26% |
1960 | 47% | Richard Nixon (R) | 86,982 | 54.3% | John Kennedy (D) | 71,730 | 44.7% | 1,605 | 1.0% | 160,317 | 5 | 0.23% |
1956 | 46% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 78,384 | 52.2% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 68,827 | 45.9% | 2,859 | 1.9% | 150,070 | -5 | 0.24% |
1952 | 42% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 66,296 | 50.1% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 65,487 | 49.5% | 497 | 0.4% | 132,280 | -5 | 0.21% |
1948 | 31% | Harry Truman* (D) | 48,477 | 53.0% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 35,312 | 38.6% | 7,671 [+] | 8.4% | 91,460 | -6 | 0.19% |
1944 | 29% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 52,396 | 62.3% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 31,310 | 37.2% | 429 | 0.5% | 84,135 | -9 | 0.18% |
1940 | 33% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 57,247 | 64.1% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 31,923 | 35.7% | 206 | 0.2% | 89,376 | -9 | 0.18% |
1936 | 34% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 51,866 | 62.9% | Alf Landon (R) | 30,302 | 36.7% | 291 [+] | 0.4% | 82,459 | 0 | 0.18% |
1932 | 30% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 41,436 | 61.3% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 25,456 | 37.7% | 698 [+] | 1.0% | 67,590 | -2 | 0.17% |
1928 | 32% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 41,369 | 62.8% | Al Smith (D) | 24,406 | 37.0% | 151 [+] | 0.2% | 65,926 | 5 | 0.18% |
1924 | 28% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 25,506 | 48.5% | John Davis (D) | 25,113 | 47.7% | 2,005 [+] | 3.8% | 52,624 | -6 | 0.18% |
1920 | 34% | Warren Harding (R) | 32,150 | 53.7% | James Cox (D) | 26,997 | 45.1% | 671 [+] | 1.1% | 59,818 | -7 | 0.22% |
1916 | 25% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 21,719 | 53.9% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 15,763 | 39.1% | 2,849 [+] | 7.1% | 40,331 | -7 | 0.22% |
1912 | 20% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 15,606 | 50.0% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 8,412 | 27.0% | 7,193 [+] | 23.0% | 31,211 | -3 | 0.21% |
1908 | 23% | William Taft (R) | 16,253 | 50.7% | William J. Bryan (D) | 15,024 | 46.9% | 749 [+] | 2.3% | 32,026 | -1 | 0.22% |
1904 | 23% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 14,961 | 49.3% | Alton Parker (D) | 14,150 | 46.6% | 1,246 [+] | 4.1% | 30,357 | -7 | 0.22% |
1900 | 28% | William McKinley* (R) | 17,601 | 50.7% | William J. Bryan (D) | 16,155 | 46.6% | 930 [+] | 2.7% | 34,686 | -1 | 0.25% |
2020 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 137,851 | 29.0% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 330,573 | 69.4% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 5,354 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 2,210 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 475,988 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 103,871 | 26.3% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 273,589 | 69.3% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 11,883 | 3.0% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 1,942 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 1,724 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,000 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 395,009 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 118,511 | 31.7% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 248,215 | 66.4% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 4,268 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 3,064 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 374,058 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 132,953 | 34.0% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 252,189 | 64.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,261 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 2,221 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 2,566 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 391,190 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 233,041 | 63.5% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 131,303 | 35.8% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 998 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,714 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 367,056 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 187,610 | 59.1% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 124,482 | 39.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 2,455 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 1,479 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,390 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 317,416 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 120,314 | 42.1% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 141,141 | 49.4% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 22,096 | 7.7% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 514 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 906 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 603 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 285,574 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 124,241 | 41.1% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 139,204 | 46.0% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 38,211 | 12.6% | ||||||||
Other | 933 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 302,589 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 164,723 | 63.3% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 94,322 | 36.2% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 504 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 778 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 260,327 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 167,725 | 63.3% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 96,243 | 36.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,209 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 265,177 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 129,221 | 52.2% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 112,770 | 45.6% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 3,869 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 1,116 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 412 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 247,388 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 128,610 | 55.4% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 101,652 | 43.8% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 411 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 1,654 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 232,327 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 134,014 | 72.4% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 45,603 | 24.6% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 5,165 | 2.8% | ||||||||
Other | 394 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 185,176 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 72,866 | 35.8% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 48,121 | 23.6% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 82,321 | 40.5% | ||||||||
Other | 196 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 203,504 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 90,152 | 49.2% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 89,768 | 49.0% | ||||||||
Other | 3,172 | 1.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 183,092 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 71,730 | 44.7% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 86,982 | 54.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,605 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 160,317 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 78,384 | 52.2% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 68,827 | 45.9% | ||||||||
Other | 2,859 | 1.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 150,070 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 66,296 | 50.1% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 65,487 | 49.5% | ||||||||
Other | 497 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 132,280 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 48,477 | 53.0% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 35,312 | 38.6% | ||||||||
Strom Thurmond (StsRts) | 7,129 | 7.8% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 381 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 161 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 91,460 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 52,396 | 62.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 31,310 | 37.2% | ||||||||
Other | 429 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 84,135 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 57,247 | 64.1% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 31,923 | 35.7% | ||||||||
Other | 206 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 89,376 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 51,866 | 62.9% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 30,302 | 36.7% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 2 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 160 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 129 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 82,459 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 41,436 | 61.3% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 25,456 | 37.7% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 341 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 357 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 67,590 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 41,369 | 62.8% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 24,406 | 37.0% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 13 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 138 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 65,926 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 25,506 | 48.5% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 25,113 | 47.7% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 1,981 | 3.8% | ||||||||
Other | 24 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 52,624 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 32,150 | 53.7% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 26,997 | 45.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 663 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 8 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 59,818 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 21,719 | 53.9% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 15,763 | 39.1% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 32 | 0.1% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 16 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 2,801 | 6.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 40,331 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 15,606 | 50.0% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 8,412 | 27.0% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 6,388 | 20.5% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 613 | 2.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 192 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 31,211 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 16,253 | 50.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 15,024 | 46.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 3 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 5 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 741 | 2.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 32,026 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 14,961 | 49.3% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 14,150 | 46.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 6 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 43 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 1,196 | 3.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 30,357 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Chattanooga, TN-AL-GA-NC Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 17,601 | 50.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 16,155 | 46.6% | ||||||||
Other | 930 | 2.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 34,686 | |||||||||
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