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1876–2024
Montgomery County, Tennessee
Montgomery County·Tennessee

Montgomery County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

Home to Fort Campbell, where military households shape the electorate

18762024·38 elections
Montgomery County, Tennessee · Jugarum of English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+18
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
234,153
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lancaster County
SC · similarity 0.97
38 precincts · 81,983 votes cast
Trump · R+18
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−18.4%
32,73647,79581,983
2020R
−12.7%
32,47242,18776,758
2016R
−18.5%
21,69932,34157,620
2012R
−10.3%
24,49930,24555,720
2008R
−7.9%
25,71630,17556,518
2004R
−17.5%
20,07028,62748,998
2000R
−2.1%
18,81819,64439,044
1996D
+4.1%
16,49815,13333,625
1992D
+4.8%
14,50713,01131,341
1988R
−15.8%
9,14512,59921,856
1984R
−14.1%
9,93913,22823,365
1980D
+14.8%
11,5738,50320,698
1976D
+34.6%
12,3105,92318,448
1972R
−15.5%
5,6917,83913,899
1968D
+15.9%
5,5383,24814,424
1964D
+56.7%
10,1782,81412,992
1960D
+49.5%
7,6352,55010,270
1956D
+48.1%
8,0342,77810,934
1952D
+38.1%
5,7592,5738,359
1948D
+59.1%
3,3106464,505
1944D
+61.6%
2,9717023,686
1940D
+58.6%
3,1588193,990
1936D
+59.2%
3,3148384,180
1932D
+54.9%
2,7477993,546
1928D
+3.4%
1,8661,7433,609
1924D
+34.2%
1,9469412,941
1920D
+17.9%
2,5641,7804,384
1916D
+32.6%
1,9769913,019
1912D
+46.2%
1,6385142,433
1908D
+21.5%
2,9611,9034,921
1904D
+31.8%
1,6978432,684
1900D
+9.9%
2,2481,8154,382
1896R
−2.1%
2,8042,9346,091
1892D
+8.8%
2,4051,9275,435
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%
Polish
1.8%
African American
15.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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.
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
17.7%
Other Christian
14.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.8%
Methodist
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montgomery County's large active-duty and veteran population tied to Fort Campbell gives it an unusually transient demographic mix, yet it has delivered Republican presidential margins consistently above 15 points across recent cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Montgomery County, by a two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighteen points in 2016. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Montgomery County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $75,613, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lancaster County and Screven County.