Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
58.4%
13,886 votes · D+17.8
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 56.5%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
78.2%
117,264 votes · R+57.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 76.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
43,670votes
49.0% of the vote · D+1.2
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 41,854 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
117,264votes
78.2% of the vote · R+57.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 112,354 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+27.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+1.8 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +20.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+59.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.8 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +58.5 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · 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.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Clinton520,108 votes · 5 of 5 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Clinton510,039 votes · 5 of 5 countiesprimary
Biden514,297 votes · 5 of 5 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
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.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
Year
Total registered
2016
193,990
2018
190,412
2020
207,190
2022
214,076
2024
225,390
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,692 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +24,930 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+401
2012
+467
2013
+116
2014
+404
2015
+142
2016
+818
2017
+1,664
2018
+1,523
2019
+1,646
2021
+3,530
2022
+4,745
2023
+3,760
2024
+3,022
2025
+2,692
Kingsport-Bristol spans a state line that splits its electorate across two sets of statewide races, making it a rare metro where identical precincts report to Richmond and Nashville simultaneously. Republican margins here have widened consistently since 2008.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 57.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.4 points.
A population of 310,842, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,138 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Johnson City, TN and Morristown, TN.
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How did Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia voted Republican by 57.4 points (R+57.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 149,892 votes cast, 31,221 went Democratic and 117,264 went Republican.
When did Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia?
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia has a population of 310,842 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia is $58,138 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
