Cannon County, Tennessee

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 6,881 votes cast

Trump · R+66

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−66.1%	1,132	5,682	6,881
2020	R	−59.9%	1,261	5,190	6,557
2016	R	−54.2%	1,127	4,007	5,314
2012	R	−35.1%	1,564	3,309	4,973
2008	R	−24.0%	2,011	3,322	5,457
2004	R	−7.6%	2,515	2,931	5,481
2000	D	+16.5%	2,697	1,924	4,697
1996	D	+20.3%	2,318	1,468	4,185
1992	D	+31.5%	2,593	1,229	4,331
1988	D	+3.6%	1,726	1,604	3,348
1984	D	+5.0%	1,846	1,669	3,560
1980	D	+24.8%	2,351	1,403	3,817
1976	D	+45.7%	2,463	908	3,399
1972	R	−27.2%	911	1,615	2,589
1968	D	+0.9%	809	780	3,053
1964	D	+49.2%	2,190	746	2,936
1960	D	+3.2%	1,275	1,195	2,487
1956	D	+25.4%	1,547	919	2,475
1952	D	+22.9%	1,491	930	2,449
1948	D	+40.0%	1,408	558	2,127
1944	D	+23.0%	1,002	627	1,630
1940	D	+45.0%	1,699	638	2,358
1936	D	+40.0%	1,166	498	1,670
1932	D	+53.8%	1,207	360	1,575
1928	D	+2.8%	622	588	1,210
1924	D	+33.7%	581	285	878
1920	D	+5.7%	770	687	1,457
1916	D	+34.5%	936	456	1,392
1912	D	+29.6%	1,184	631	1,870
1908	D	+14.7%	904	672	1,581
1904	D	+24.5%	1,014	614	1,630
1900	D	+22.0%	1,213	775	1,990
1896	D	+24.1%	1,276	778	2,064
1892	D	+34.5%	1,092	514	1,673
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

1.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.2%

75–84

3.0%

5.0%

65–74

5.7%

7.4%

55–64

7.2%

6.4%

45–54

6.2%

35–44

6.0%

6.8%

25–34

6.8%

3.5%

18–24

3.1%

9.8%

5–17

7.1%

3.0%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,443

Cannon County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Cannon County$59,443

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

18.2%

Other Christian

17.3%

Methodist

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cannon County's 2024 presidential margin of R+66.1 points places it among Tennessee's most lopsided rural counties, reflecting a demographic profile dominated by small towns and farmland with little of the suburban growth reshaping nearby Middle Tennessee.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Cannon County peaked at fifty-four points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Cannon County's median household income of $59,443 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Giles County and Warren County.

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For one hundred eight years, Cannon County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.