Congressional District 4 Congressional District (TN) — Elections 1876–2024

Tennessee 4th Congressional District, Tennessee: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+43%. Democratic peak: D+51 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+43MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 799,1122024 5-year
Median household income: $71,6272024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 77.3%2024 5-year
Black: 8.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 8.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+51 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+43 in 2024MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

31 counties · 1 D · 30 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−43.5%	93,026	239,855	337,559
2020	R	−37.7%	98,038	220,510	324,557
2016	R	−41.2%	70,079	175,886	257,059
2012	R	−31.6%	80,929	157,509	242,329
2008	R	−25.5%	93,022	157,992	255,119
2004	R	−18.5%	94,689	138,077	234,413
2000	R	−2.3%	92,783	97,211	193,430
1996	D	+5.4%	82,628	73,472	170,393
1992	D	+13.7%	87,288	63,477	173,945
1988	R	−12.0%	57,937	73,817	132,394
1984	R	−10.7%	59,499	73,847	134,390
1980	D	+14.0%	73,259	54,858	131,734
1976	D	+32.6%	78,615	39,647	119,469
1972	R	−29.9%	29,573	56,039	88,460
1968	O	−0.0%	27,744	27,784	102,778
1964	D	+33.9%	61,884	30,532	92,415
1960	D	+18.7%	48,641	33,164	82,568
1956	D	+26.9%	48,486	27,803	77,000
1952	D	+25.7%	47,683	28,110	76,201
1948	D	+35.4%	35,735	15,145	58,130
1944	D	+41.6%	38,041	15,627	53,892
1940	D	+50.2%	38,746	12,769	51,716
1936	D	+46.5%	36,593	13,284	50,127
1932	D	+50.9%	30,886	9,952	41,110
1928	D	+8.7%	20,047	16,831	36,933
1924	D	+30.7%	20,613	10,743	32,154
1920	D	+11.3%	27,205	21,635	49,101
1916	D	+32.2%	24,015	12,251	36,586
1912	D	+38.3%	22,607	8,872	35,848
1908	D	+26.2%	21,211	12,316	33,911
1904	D	+25.9%	20,637	11,964	33,434
1900	D	+26.8%	22,480	12,854	35,973
1896	D	+24.2%	27,103	16,382	44,297
1892	D	+24.9%	20,848	11,583	37,236
1888	—	No data	0	0	0
1884	—	No data	0	0	0
1880	—	No data	0	0	0
1876	—	No data	0	0	0

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

English

14.2%

American

11.8%

Irish

9.3%

German

8.6%

Italian

2.0%

Scottish

2.0%

French

1.4%

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: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

2.1%

75–84

2.5%

4.5%

65–74

5.0%

6.1%

55–64

6.3%

45–54

6.3%

6.5%

35–44

6.5%

6.7%

25–34

6.6%

5.0%

18–24

4.7%

8.9%

5–17

8.5%

3.1%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$71,627

Congressional District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 4$71,627

Tennessee$69,595

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.0%

Working age (18–64)11.5%

Seniors (65+)10.2%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

89.8%

speak English only

Spanish6.3%

Other Indo-European1.3%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%

Other languages1.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

17.2%

Other Christian

14.0%

Methodist

4.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tennessee 4th Congressional District sits in the Border South and Appalachia. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the district voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Tennessee 4th Congressional District as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Tennessee 4th Congressional District, by a two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-three points in 2024. The 2024 margin was forty-three points.

The political shift has tracked, in Tennessee 4th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,627, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 4, Tennessee vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 4, Tennessee voted Republican by 43.5 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 337,559 votes cast, 93,026 went Democratic and 239,855 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 4, Tennessee's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 4, Tennessee as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 4, Tennessee last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 4, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Congressional District 4, Tennessee?

Congressional District 4, Tennessee has a population of 799,112 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 4, Tennessee?

Median household income in Congressional District 4, Tennessee is $71,627 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.

What is the political history of Congressional District 4, Tennessee?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 4, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Tennessee 4th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 43 points.

Key facts

Demographics

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