Election Results for Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	38,915	14.5
Deaths:	35,658	13.3
Net Migration:	-11,062	-4.1
Net Immigration:	2,026	0.8

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +25,272	D +22,028	D + 2.5%
D +47,300
2020 vs. 2012	R +6,314	D +9,870	D + 1.3%
D +16,184
2020 vs. 2008	R -5,477	R +1,999	R + 0.0%
D -7,476

2016 vs. 2008	R -30,749	R +24,027	R + 2.6%
D -54,776
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	56%	Joe Biden (D)	311,568	55.9%	Donald Trump* (R)	236,569	42.4%	9,176 [+]	1.6%	557,313	-4	0.35%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 3,770 (0.7%);
2016	50%	Hillary Clinton (D)	264,268	53.7%	Donald Trump (R)	211,297	42.9%	16,833 [+]	3.4%	492,398	-3	0.36%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 9,484 (1.9%); Jill Stein (Grn) 2,625 (0.5%); Evan McMullin (I) 1,607 (0.3%);
2012	55%	Barack Obama* (D)	295,384	55.6%	Mitt Romney (R)	230,255	43.4%	5,170 [+]	1.0%	530,809	-4	0.41%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 2,519 (0.5%);
2008	60%	Barack Obama (D)	319,044	56.4%	John McCain (R)	242,046	42.8%	4,201 [+]	0.7%	565,291	-3	0.43%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 1,140 (0.2%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 1,093 (0.2%);
2004	56%	John Kerry (D)	266,958	52.5%	George W. Bush* (R)	238,198	46.9%	3,000 [+]	0.6%	508,156	-4	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 1,567 (0.3%);
2000	51%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	231,266	53.0%	George W. Bush (R)	199,627	45.7%	5,764 [+]	1.3%	436,657	-2	0.41%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 3,547 (0.8%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 479 (0.1%);
1996	51%	Bill Clinton* (D)	221,590	52.8%	Robert Dole (R)	178,637	42.6%	19,396 [+]	4.6%	419,623	2	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 13,418 (3.2%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,487 (0.4%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 959 (0.2%);
1992	58%	Bill Clinton (D)	232,584	51.0%	George Bush* (R)	194,530	42.6%	29,131 [+]	6.4%	456,245	5	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 26,995 (5.9%);
1988	51%	George Bush (R)	199,321	52.2%	Michael Dukakis (D)	180,390	47.2%	2,380 [+]	0.6%	382,091	-1	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 525 (0.1%);
1984	56%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	208,809	51.4%	Walter Mondale (D)	194,677	47.9%	2,686	0.7%	406,172	-7	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	55%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	194,924	51.7%	Ronald Reagan (R)	171,095	45.4%	10,755 [+]	2.9%	376,774	-5	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 8,011 (2.1%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 1,834 (0.5%);
1976	54%	Jimmy Carter (D)	185,629	54.5%	Gerald Ford* (R)	151,240	44.4%	4,039 [+]	1.2%	340,908	-4	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 1,327 (0.4%);
1972	48%	Richard Nixon* (R)	195,354	66.2%	George McGovern (D)	93,696	31.8%	5,967 [+]	2.0%	295,017	6	0.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 5,852 (2.0%);
1968	55%	George Wallace (AIP)	100,899	36.3%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	96,368	34.7%	80,719 [+]	29.0%	277,986	-14	0.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: Richard Nixon (R) 80,719 (29.0%);
1964	50%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	123,306	50.9%	Barry Goldwater (R)	119,100	49.1%	72	0.0%	242,478	11	0.34%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	43%	John Kennedy (D)	96,179	48.8%	Richard Nixon (R)	94,156	47.8%	6,652	3.4%	196,987	-2	0.29%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	35%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	73,950	48.0%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	70,563	45.8%	9,523	6.2%	154,036	-12	0.25%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	39%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	86,525	54.7%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	71,504	45.2%	220	0.1%	158,249	-10	0.26%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	21%	Strom Thurmond (StsRts)	35,360	44.7%	Harry Truman* (D)	28,251	35.7%	15,432 [+]	19.5%	79,043	-26	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Thomas Dewey (R) 15,049 (19.0%); Henry Wallace (Prog) 243 (0.3%);
1944	21%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	60,814	83.5%	Thomas Dewey (R)	11,943	16.4%	86	0.1%	72,843	-30	0.15%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	26%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	72,569	90.1%	Wendell Willkie (R)	7,854	9.8%	116	0.1%	80,539	-35	0.16%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	27%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	74,052	96.8%	Alf Landon (R)	2,327	3.0%	82 [+]	0.1%	76,461	-33	0.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: Norman Thomas (Soc) 62 (0.1%); William Lemke (Union) 0 (0.0%);
1932	21%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	49,146	87.2%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	6,633	11.8%	609 [+]	1.1%	56,388	-28	0.14%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 432 (0.8%);
1928	17%	Al Smith (D)	27,371	67.5%	Herbert Hoover (R)	13,052	32.2%	107 [+]	0.3%	40,530	-26	0.11%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 0 (0.0%);
1924	14%	John Davis (D)	21,271	68.2%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	7,804	25.0%	2,101 [+]	6.7%	31,176	-29	0.11%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 2,097 (6.7%);
1920	17%	James Cox (D)	24,772	70.2%	Warren Harding (R)	10,192	28.9%	339 [+]	1.0%	35,303	-31	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 339 (1.0%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 0 (0.0%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 0 (0.0%);
1916	13%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	18,502	77.6%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	5,060	21.2%	292 [+]	1.2%	23,854	-25	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 9 (0.0%); James Hanly (Proh) 0 (0.0%);
1912	9%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	11,096	67.5%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	3,677	22.4%	1,676 [+]	10.2%	16,449	-15	0.11%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 1,344 (8.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 257 (1.6%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 75 (0.5%);
1908	11%	William J. Bryan (D)	14,045	74.0%	William Taft (R)	4,602	24.2%	339 [+]	1.8%	18,986	-27	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 6 (0.0%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 3 (0.0%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 0 (0.0%);
1904	13%	Alton Parker (D)	15,827	78.1%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	4,086	20.1%	365 [+]	1.8%	20,278	-36	0.15%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Thomas Watson (Pop) 3 (0.0%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 1 (0.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1 (0.0%);
1900	13%	William J. Bryan (D)	12,685	68.0%	William McKinley* (R)	5,751	30.8%	207 [+]	1.1%	18,643	-21	0.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 3 (0.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 0 (0.0%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

311,568

55.9%

Donald Trump* (R)

236,569

42.4%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

3,770

0.7%

Other

5,406

1.0%

TOTAL

557,313

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -4

2016 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

264,268

53.7%

Donald Trump (R)

211,297

42.9%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

9,484

1.9%

Jill Stein (Grn)

2,625

0.5%

Evan McMullin (I)

1,607

0.3%

Other

3,117

0.6%

TOTAL

492,398

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): -3

2012 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

295,384

55.6%

Mitt Romney (R)

230,255

43.4%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

2,519

0.5%

Other

2,651

0.5%

TOTAL

530,809

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -4

2008 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

319,044

56.4%

John McCain (R)

242,046

42.8%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,140

0.2%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

1,093

0.2%

Other

1,968

0.3%

TOTAL

565,291

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): -3

2004 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

238,198

46.9%

John Kerry (D)

266,958

52.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,567

0.3%

Other

1,433

0.3%

TOTAL

508,156

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -4

2000 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

199,627

45.7%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

231,266

53.0%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3,547

0.8%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

479

0.1%

Other

1,738

0.4%

TOTAL

436,657

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): -2

1996 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

221,590

52.8%

Robert Dole (R)

178,637

42.6%

Ross Perot (Ref)

13,418

3.2%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

959

0.2%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

1,487

0.4%

Other

3,532

0.8%

TOTAL

419,623

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): 2

1992 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

232,584

51.0%

George Bush* (R)

194,530

42.6%

Ross Perot (I)

26,995

5.9%

Other

2,136

0.5%

TOTAL

456,245

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 5

1988 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

199,321

52.2%

Michael Dukakis (D)

180,390

47.2%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

525

0.1%

Other

1,855

0.5%

TOTAL

382,091

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): -1

1984 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

208,809

51.4%

Walter Mondale (D)

194,677

47.9%

Other

2,686

0.7%

TOTAL

406,172

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -7

1980 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

171,095

45.4%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

194,924

51.7%

John Anderson (I)

8,011

2.1%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

1,834

0.5%

Other

910

0.2%

TOTAL

376,774

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -5

1976 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

185,629

54.5%

Gerald Ford* (R)

151,240

44.4%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

1,327

0.4%

Other

2,712

0.8%

TOTAL

340,908

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): -4

1972 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

195,354

66.2%

George McGovern (D)

93,696

31.8%

John Schmitz (Amer)

5,852

2.0%

Other

115

0.0%

TOTAL

295,017

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 6

1964 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

123,306

50.9%

Barry Goldwater (R)

119,100

49.1%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

242,478

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 11

1960 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

96,179

48.8%

Richard Nixon (R)

94,156

47.8%

Other

6,652

3.4%

TOTAL

196,987

Turnout: 43%	Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

70,563

45.8%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

73,950

48.0%

Other

9,523

6.2%

TOTAL

154,036

Turnout: 35%	Diff (US): -12

1952 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

71,504

45.2%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

86,525

54.7%

Other

220

0.1%

TOTAL

158,249

Turnout: 39%	Diff (US): -10

1948 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

28,251

35.7%

Thomas Dewey (R)

15,049

19.0%

Strom Thurmond (StsRts)

35,360

44.7%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

243

0.3%

Other

140

0.2%

TOTAL

79,043

Turnout: 21%	Diff (US): -26

1944 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

60,814

83.5%

Thomas Dewey (R)

11,943

16.4%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

72,843

Turnout: 21%	Diff (US): -30

1940 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

72,569

90.1%

Wendell Willkie (R)

7,854

9.8%

Other

116

0.1%

TOTAL

80,539

Turnout: 26%	Diff (US): -35

1936 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

74,052

96.8%

Alf Landon (R)

2,327

3.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

0.1%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

76,461

Turnout: 27%	Diff (US): -33

1932 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

49,146

87.2%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

6,633

11.8%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

432

0.8%

Other

177

0.3%

TOTAL

56,388

Turnout: 21%	Diff (US): -28

1928 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

13,052

32.2%

Al Smith (D)

27,371

67.5%

Other

107

0.3%

TOTAL

40,530

Turnout: 17%	Diff (US): -26

1924 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

7,804

25.0%

John Davis (D)

21,271

68.2%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

2,097

6.7%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

31,176

Turnout: 14%	Diff (US): -29

1920 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

10,192

28.9%

James Cox (D)

24,772

70.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

339

1.0%

TOTAL

35,303

Turnout: 17%	Diff (US): -31

1916 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

18,502

77.6%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

5,060

21.2%

Allan Benson (Soc)

0.0%

Other

283

1.2%

TOTAL

23,854

Turnout: 13%	Diff (US): -25

1912 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

11,096

67.5%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

3,677

22.4%

William Taft* (R)

1,344

8.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

257

1.6%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

0.5%

TOTAL

16,449

Turnout: 9%	Diff (US): -15

1908 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

4,602

24.2%

William J. Bryan (D)

14,045

74.0%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

0.0%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.0%

Other

330

1.7%

TOTAL

18,986

Turnout: 11%	Diff (US): -27

1904 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

4,086

20.1%

Alton Parker (D)

15,827

78.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

0.0%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

0.0%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

0.0%

Other

360

1.8%

TOTAL

20,278

Turnout: 13%	Diff (US): -36

1900 President, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

5,751

30.8%

William J. Bryan (D)

12,685

68.0%

John Woolley (Proh)

0.0%

Other

204

1.1%

TOTAL

18,643

Turnout: 13%	Diff (US): -21

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	554,089	41.59%	9.7%
Black:	639,151	47.97%	6.2%
Indian:	2,523	0.19%	8.5%
Asian:	31,901	2.39%	29.0%
2+ races:	21,091	1.58%	41.9%
Hispanic:	83,550	6.27%	27.5%

Total non-White:	778,216	58.41%	9.4%

Change in White population:	-59,589	-4.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	67,065	5.1

Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area

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