United States Presidential election7 Nov 2028in 728 days Senate D 97% House D 58% Calendar Track record Research
Closest results
Election 1992 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

1992 presidential election in Tennessee

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Tennessee in 1992, 47.1% to 42.4%, a margin of 4.7 points and 92,221 votes.

Tennessee changed party: in 1988 it went Republican, for George H. W. Bush.

Democrats led in 66 of the 95 counties and Republicans in 29. The largest, Shelby, cast 366,110 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.4 points. The closest was Hardin, where 47 votes separated the two parties.

United States
If only voted How this works
If the polls miss like

Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 933,521 47.1%
George H. W. Bush Republican 841,300 42.4%
Ross Perot Independent 199,968 10.1%
All other candidates 7,849 0.4%
Total1,982,638

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 191,322 52.3% 153,310 41.9% 21,478 366,110 D+10.4
Davidson 106,355 52.2% 76,567 37.6% 20,885 203,807 D+14.6
Knox 59,702 41.9% 66,607 46.7% 16,167 142,476 R+4.8
Hamilton 46,770 40.6% 53,476 46.5% 14,839 115,085 R+5.8
Sullivan 20,935 36.7% 28,801 50.5% 7,244 56,980 R+13.8
Rutherford 21,084 44.7% 18,877 40.0% 7,179 47,140 D+4.7
Sumner 19,387 46.0% 17,401 41.3% 5,344 42,132 D+4.7
Williamson 13,053 32.5% 22,015 54.8% 5,127 40,195 R+22.3
Blount 14,655 38.9% 18,415 48.9% 4,581 37,651 R+10.0
Washington 13,071 36.8% 18,206 51.3% 4,206 35,483 R+14.5
Montgomery 14,507 46.3% 13,011 41.5% 3,823 31,341 D+4.8
Madison 13,629 43.7% 14,869 47.7% 2,698 31,196 R+4.0
Wilson 13,861 46.4% 12,061 40.3% 3,981 29,903 D+6.0
Bradley 9,889 33.3% 16,528 55.7% 3,279 29,696 R+22.4
Anderson 13,482 47.1% 11,838 41.4% 3,291 28,611 D+5.7
Putnam 10,858 50.5% 7,998 37.2% 2,626 21,482 D+13.3
Sevier 6,719 31.6% 11,714 55.1% 2,833 21,266 R+23.5
Roane 9,812 46.7% 8,719 41.5% 2,468 20,999 D+5.2
Greene 7,857 37.6% 9,912 47.5% 3,106 20,875 R+9.8
Maury 9,997 48.9% 7,440 36.4% 3,022 20,459 D+12.5
Carter 6,502 33.9% 10,712 55.8% 1,976 19,190 R+21.9
Gibson 9,555 52.1% 7,161 39.1% 1,616 18,332 D+13.1
Hamblen 7,114 39.8% 8,898 49.8% 1,842 17,854 R+10.0
Coffee 8,534 50.1% 6,047 35.5% 2,463 17,044 D+14.6
Hawkins 6,623 40.7% 7,758 47.6% 1,904 16,285 R+7.0
McMinn 6,682 41.8% 7,453 46.6% 1,855 15,990 R+4.8
Cumberland 6,393 40.5% 7,116 45.1% 2,283 15,792 R+4.6
Robertson 8,498 53.9% 5,271 33.4% 2,010 15,779 D+20.5
Franklin 7,773 54.8% 4,507 31.8% 1,896 14,176 D+23.0
Dickson 7,863 55.8% 4,450 31.6% 1,780 14,093 D+24.2
Lawrence 6,816 49.2% 5,608 40.5% 1,440 13,864 D+8.7
Tipton 5,652 41.2% 6,757 49.3% 1,308 13,717 R+8.1
Loudon 5,414 40.1% 6,444 47.7% 1,652 13,510 R+7.6
Campbell 6,756 52.2% 4,897 37.9% 1,278 12,931 D+14.4
Obion 6,497 50.5% 4,812 37.4% 1,555 12,864 D+13.1
Dyer 5,845 45.7% 5,668 44.3% 1,274 12,787 D+1.4
Monroe 5,384 43.4% 6,025 48.5% 1,002 12,411 R+5.2
Jefferson 4,740 38.3% 6,184 50.0% 1,438 12,362 R+11.7
Warren 7,189 58.2% 3,704 30.0% 1,462 12,355 D+28.2
Henry 6,797 56.2% 3,661 30.3% 1,637 12,095 D+25.9
Weakley 5,691 47.9% 4,800 40.4% 1,378 11,869 D+7.5
Carroll 5,741 48.7% 4,842 41.0% 1,216 11,799 D+7.6
Bedford 5,978 52.3% 3,836 33.6% 1,607 11,421 D+18.8
Rhea 4,289 41.4% 4,860 47.0% 1,199 10,348 R+5.5
Lincoln 5,063 49.1% 3,814 37.0% 1,425 10,302 D+12.1
Marion 5,589 55.5% 3,262 32.4% 1,217 10,068 D+23.1
Cocke 3,495 35.0% 5,298 53.0% 1,207 10,000 R+18.0
Cheatham 4,817 49.2% 3,496 35.7% 1,475 9,788 D+13.5
Giles 5,601 57.3% 2,827 28.9% 1,353 9,781 D+28.4
McNairy 4,691 48.9% 4,093 42.7% 811 9,595 D+6.2
Claiborne 4,509 47.5% 4,065 42.9% 911 9,485 D+4.7
Henderson 3,502 38.8% 4,719 52.3% 803 9,024 R+13.5
Hardeman 4,832 56.0% 3,122 36.2% 673 8,627 D+19.8
Fayette 4,211 48.9% 3,713 43.1% 685 8,609 D+5.8
Hardin 3,922 45.6% 3,875 45.1% 795 8,592 D+0.5
Marshall 4,491 55.5% 2,516 31.1% 1,091 8,098 D+24.4
Lauderdale 4,452 55.9% 2,928 36.8% 578 7,958 D+19.2
White 4,102 58.0% 2,118 29.9% 854 7,074 D+28.0
Smith 5,061 71.8% 1,482 21.0% 501 7,044 D+50.8
Hickman 4,093 60.8% 1,820 27.1% 814 6,727 D+33.8
DeKalb 4,382 65.2% 1,714 25.5% 626 6,722 D+39.7
Overton 4,489 67.5% 1,657 24.9% 505 6,651 D+42.6
Unicoi 2,375 36.8% 3,344 51.9% 728 6,447 R+15.0
Scott 2,730 42.5% 3,011 46.9% 677 6,418 R+4.4
Haywood 3,511 55.1% 2,518 39.5% 347 6,376 D+15.6
Morgan 3,190 51.6% 2,306 37.3% 688 6,184 D+14.3
Humphreys 3,875 63.2% 1,641 26.7% 619 6,135 D+36.4
Benton 3,896 63.7% 1,625 26.6% 593 6,114 D+37.1
Fentress 2,730 47.4% 2,391 41.5% 638 5,759 D+5.9
Macon 2,961 51.7% 2,299 40.2% 466 5,726 D+11.6
Chester 2,317 41.4% 2,834 50.6% 445 5,596 R+9.2
Johnson 1,781 32.0% 3,170 57.0% 612 5,563 R+25.0
Grainger 2,242 40.4% 2,772 49.9% 539 5,553 R+9.5
Crockett 2,657 49.6% 2,180 40.7% 520 5,357 D+8.9
Union 2,478 46.3% 2,274 42.5% 602 5,354 D+3.8
Wayne 1,868 35.5% 2,955 56.1% 443 5,266 R+20.6
Decatur 2,633 56.5% 1,667 35.8% 361 4,661 D+20.7
Polk 2,583 56.0% 1,584 34.4% 443 4,610 D+21.7
Grundy 2,997 68.3% 1,004 22.9% 385 4,386 D+45.4
Cannon 2,593 59.9% 1,229 28.4% 509 4,331 D+31.5
Stewart 2,779 64.3% 1,046 24.2% 498 4,323 D+40.1
Jackson 3,208 75.3% 708 16.6% 342 4,258 D+58.7
Lewis 2,491 60.0% 1,218 29.3% 443 4,152 D+30.7
Bledsoe 1,884 46.9% 1,776 44.2% 358 4,018 D+2.7
Sequatchie 1,754 49.3% 1,381 38.8% 424 3,559 D+10.5
Meigs 1,673 48.0% 1,355 38.9% 456 3,484 D+9.1
Clay 1,922 59.6% 1,072 33.2% 232 3,226 D+26.3
Houston 2,012 68.2% 648 22.0% 291 2,951 D+46.2
Perry 1,889 64.7% 708 24.3% 322 2,919 D+40.5
Trousdale 1,846 69.3% 565 21.2% 253 2,664 D+48.1
Hancock 1,000 40.8% 1,274 52.0% 175 2,449 R+11.2
Pickett 1,144 48.3% 1,094 46.2% 130 2,368 D+2.1
Lake 1,449 62.8% 680 29.5% 177 2,306 D+33.3
Moore 1,151 53.7% 661 30.8% 333 2,145 D+22.8
Van Buren 1,329 63.9% 555 26.7% 196 2,080 D+37.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9