Shelbyville, TN · which candidate this place backed 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 this place is a single county: Bedford County, Tennessee. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Shelbyville, 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 Shelbyville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
24,887
2018
23,813
2020
27,107
2022
28,506
2024
30,759
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+502 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,825 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Shelbyville, TN in Shelbyville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−105
2012
−229
2013
+117
2014
+495
2015
+472
2016
+310
2017
+546
2018
+653
2019
+283
2021
+717
2022
+659
2023
+831
2024
+574
2025
+502
Shelbyville anchors Tennessee's Walking Horse country and has seen its Hispanic population expand significantly over recent decades, reshaping the electorate in a county that otherwise votes reliably Republican by wide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 58.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.0 points.
A population of 52,237, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,225 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tullahoma-Manchester, TN and Russellville, AL.
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In 2024, Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 58.0 points (R+58.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,090 votes cast, 4,122 went Democratic and 15,772 went Republican.
When did Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee?
Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 52,237 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee is $67,225 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
