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1876–2024
Clarksville, TN-KY·Kentucky

Clarksville, TN-KY delivered R+26 in 2024.

Fort Campbell's civilian workforce shapes a transient, younger-than-average electorate

1876 — 2024·38 elections
KY
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
334,564
2024 ACS

Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted R+26%. Democratic peak: D+50 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+26MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
334,5642024 5-year
Median household income
$70,0812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
66.0%2024 5-year
Black
17.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+50 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+26 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 0 D · 4 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−25.8%
42,61872,952117,470
R
−20.9%
43,79167,704114,293
R
−25.7%
31,69655,24491,753
R
−15.9%
36,93551,20389,532
R
−12.8%
39,31251,01991,330
R
−21.2%
31,94649,26081,707
R
−7.2%
30,57635,38766,943
D
+2.9%
28,39026,69959,059
D
+5.0%
26,43323,61456,807
R
−15.2%
18,81925,57844,594
R
−17.4%
19,45027,73347,500
D
+8.8%
23,51419,61044,133
D
+34.0%
25,32412,38838,079
R
−17.6%
12,36617,81030,876
O
+10.9%
12,1908,57933,200
D
+49.9%
24,1398,04932,221
D
+31.0%
18,7309,84028,692
D
+32.9%
19,1589,63028,980
D
+30.5%
17,3019,20626,579
D
+41.9%
13,3395,03519,801
D
+32.9%
13,6586,87520,595
D
+30.0%
15,3398,25323,647
D
+29.0%
14,6208,03222,706
D
+33.7%
15,5247,67023,288
R
−3.1%
10,85411,55922,419
D
+8.6%
12,52510,52723,293
D
+4.8%
15,19513,79229,233
D
+7.9%
9,0537,70917,024
D
+8.0%
6,9975,84114,518
D
+3.6%
9,2368,58718,126
D
+1.4%
6,8786,67913,978
D
+0.5%
8,6228,53617,635
R
−0.9%
9,2249,40219,190
D
+6.9%
7,0685,99615,572
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.0%
English
10.7%
Irish
9.0%
American
7.6%
Italian
2.8%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 32.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.6%
1.5%
75–84
2.0%
3.3%
65–74
3.9%
4.7%
55–64
5.2%
4.9%
45–54
5.3%
6.6%
35–44
6.7%
9.1%
25–34
8.3%
6.1%
18–24
4.8%
9.5%
5–17
9.2%
4.1%
<5
3.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$70,081
Clarksville, TN-KY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Clarksville, TN-KY$70,081
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)12.0%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.1%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
22.8%
Other Christian
12.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.7%
Methodist
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

The Clarksville metro's outsized military presence drives unusually high population turnover, compressing long-term partisan loyalty and making registration patterns a lagging indicator of actual voting-age composition.

The Democratic margin in Clarksville, TN-KY has rarely exceeded fifty points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded twenty-six points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Republican candidate by twenty-six points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a 13% poverty rate, and a median household income of $70,081 — all within the broad national range.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/17300/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 25.8 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 117,470 votes cast, 42,618 went Democratic and 72,952 went Republican.
What is Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky?
Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky has a population of 334,564 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky is $70,081 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Clarksville, TN-KY, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.