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1876–2024
Lewisburg, TN·Tennessee

Lewisburg, TN changed its political identity in living memory.

18762024·38 elections
TN
Latest
R+56
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
36,049
2024 ACS

Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+56%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1940.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+56MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
36,0492024 5-year
Median household income
$71,0492024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
86.1%2024 5-year
Black
3.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+78 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+56 in 2024MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−56.5%
3,39012,42616,001
R
−50.0%
3,60511,04314,878
R
−46.5%
2,8528,18411,455
R
−28.9%
3,7256,83210,741
R
−21.6%
4,3206,75511,289
R
−10.4%
4,7225,82510,615
D
+10.7%
5,1074,1059,359
D
+21.1%
4,4472,7817,913
D
+24.4%
4,4912,5168,098
R
−3.1%
2,7952,9755,791
R
−7.5%
2,9353,4166,393
D
+29.9%
4,2772,2826,666
D
+44.8%
4,4571,6746,209
R
−24.4%
1,5262,5934,378
O
+5.3%
1,5271,2026,108
D
+49.7%
3,9891,3405,329
D
+35.4%
3,6251,7175,387
D
+44.8%
4,1001,5275,745
D
+43.1%
3,8371,5255,362
D
+59.2%
3,0595174,295
D
+76.8%
3,8125004,315
D
+77.9%
3,1323893,523
D
+77.8%
2,4313002,739
D
+76.3%
2,1672832,470
O
+0.0%
7357351,470
D
+64.6%
1,6963492,085
D
+41.4%
1,8287532,596
D
+55.8%
1,6524612,134
D
+58.0%
1,5513762,025
D
+53.5%
1,5444402,065
D
+52.4%
2,1526202,921
D
+45.1%
2,1847633,153
D
+52.9%
2,8358493,755
D
+44.2%
2,1856853,395
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
23.4%
English
13.1%
Irish
8.3%
German
7.3%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.6%
Polish
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.2%
speak English only
Spanish6.0%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Other languages0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
23.1%
Other Christian
13.1%
Methodist
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lewisburg, TN sits in the Border South and Appalachia. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 3 consecutive presidential elections.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lewisburg, TN peaked at seventy-eight points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $71,049 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/30280/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 56.5 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,001 votes cast, 3,390 went Democratic and 12,426 went Republican.
What is Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 9 times, and other 2 times.
When did Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee?
Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee has a population of 36,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee is $71,049 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lewisburg, TN, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.