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1876–2024
Fayetteville, TN·Tennessee

Fayetteville, TN has voted Republican in eight straight presidential elections — R+65 in 2024.

A small Tennessee valley metro where manufacturing employment shapes the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TN
LatestR+65in 2024
TypologyEvangelical Deep Southcluster typology
Population35,9462024 ACS

Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee: Evangelical Deep South metro. In 2024, voted R+65%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+65MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
Population
35,9462024 5-year
Median household income
$64,6672024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
85.4%2024 5-year
Black
5.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+82 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+65 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Fayetteville, TN
TrumpR+65
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican81.9%13,208
Kamala HarrisDemocratic17.2%2,782
OtherAll other candidates0.9%138
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −64.6% in 2024.flipped R · 1996−64.6%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+45.3%
1896+51.5%
1900+50.8%
1904+50.7%
1908+52.6%
1912+57.7%
1916+66.7%
1920+38.5%
1924+72.8%
1928+52.3%
1932+81.9%
1936+77.7%
1940+75.6%
1944+73.3%
1948+63.8%
1952+46.2%
1956+56.7%
1960+54.2%
1964+47.5%
1968+9.4%
1972−26.5%
1976+53.3%
1980+30.1%
1984+1.5%
1988−7.7%
1992+12.1%
1996−1.9%
2000−3.5%
2004−26.4%
2008−42.2%
2012−49.1%
2016−58.8%
2020−60.0%
2024−64.6%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−64.6%
2,78213,20816,128
R
−60.0%
2,91912,28115,608
R
−58.8%
2,55410,39813,348
R
−49.1%
3,2909,80313,268
R
−42.2%
3,6959,23113,130
R
−26.4%
4,5467,82912,457
R
−3.5%
5,0605,43510,659
R
−1.9%
4,3614,5519,747
D
+12.1%
5,0633,81410,302
R
−7.7%
3,6724,2888,017
D
+1.5%
4,1033,9828,114
D
+30.1%
5,3872,8568,409
D
+53.3%
5,7321,7247,518
R
−26.5%
1,8673,2665,281
O
+9.4%
1,8481,1677,229
D
+47.5%
4,8611,7286,589
D
+54.2%
4,8621,4286,338
D
+56.7%
4,4341,2075,692
D
+46.2%
4,5101,6546,177
D
+63.8%
2,9693614,088
D
+73.3%
3,7355734,316
D
+75.6%
3,7815214,315
D
+77.7%
3,4514303,888
D
+81.9%
3,0952883,429
D
+52.3%
2,3777433,127
D
+72.8%
2,3563572,744
D
+38.5%
2,4631,0913,560
D
+66.7%
2,7915523,357
D
+57.7%
2,6516723,431
D
+52.6%
2,3116923,080
D
+50.7%
2,2276313,149
D
+50.8%
2,4637283,412
D
+51.5%
3,2699924,421
D
+45.3%
2,4295904,060
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
16.3%
English
15.3%
Irish
8.7%
German
6.3%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.1%
Polish
1.0%
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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.2%
2.4%
75–84
3.5%
5.7%
65–74
6.3%
7.5%
55–64
7.4%
6.0%
45–54
6.3%
5.6%
35–44
5.6%
6.0%
25–34
5.5%
4.2%
18–24
3.5%
8.5%
5–17
8.0%
3.3%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$64,667
Fayetteville, TN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Fayetteville, TN$64,667
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.6%
Working age (18–64)11.7%
Seniors (65+)14.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.6%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
35.0%
Other Christian
11.2%
Methodist
5.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fayetteville anchors Lincoln County, a rural-leaning corridor where industrial workers and an aging population have driven increasingly lopsided margins in statewide races over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of eighty-two points in 1932 and a Republican high of sixty-five points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-five points.

A population of 35,946, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,667 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 64.6 points (R+65), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,128 votes cast, 2,782 went Democratic and 13,208 went Republican.
What is Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee's political typology?
Akashic places Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee?
Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 35,946 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee is $64,667 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fayetteville, TN, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.