Cookeville, TN · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
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Presidential nominating contests in Cookeville, TN, by party and cycle.
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Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
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voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cookeville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
82,065
2018
80,014
2020
87,310
2022
90,371
2024
96,109
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,381 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +20,080 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cookeville, TN in Cookeville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+411
2012
+320
2013
+259
2014
+618
2015
+278
2016
+1,025
2017
+1,633
2018
+1,796
2019
+1,966
2021
+2,349
2022
+2,442
2023
+2,852
2024
+1,750
2025
+2,381
Cookeville's Putnam County metro has posted some of Tennessee's steeper population growth rates over the past decade, driven partly by manufacturing relocation and university employment that skew its voter pool younger and more blue-collar than Nashville's suburbs.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.5 points.
A population of 145,812, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,135 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tullahoma-Manchester, TN and Winchester, TN.
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In 2024, Cookeville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 55.5 points (R+55.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 64,615 votes cast, 14,067 went Democratic and 49,899 went Republican.
When did Cookeville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cookeville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee?
Cookeville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 145,812 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee is $55,135 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Cookeville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cookeville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
