Presidential Elections in Maury County

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The below table shows historical presidential election results for Maury County, Tennessee.

A candidate is bold if they won Maury County, and bold and italic if they won Maury County and the national election.

Margin is the absolute value (in percentage terms) of the first-place finisher ahead of the second-place finisher.

Swing is the change in the Republican percentage from the previous election. Positive numbers indicate an improved performance for the Republican Party and negative numbers indicate an improvement for Democrats (plus Independents).

National PVI is the difference between the Republican percentage and the national popular vote percentage for the Republican ticket (Example: if the Republican won 60 percent in Maury County and 45 percent nationally, this would be +15).

State PVI is the difference between the Republican percentage and the statewide popular vote percentage for the Republican ticket. (Example: if the Republican won 60 percent in Maury County and 55 percent statewide, this would be +5).

Presidential Elections for Maury County, 1988-2020
Year Democratic Candidate Republican Candidate Dem. Votes Rep. Votes Other Votes Dem. % Rep. % Ind. % Margin % Swing % National PVI State PVI
2020 Joseph R. Biden Donald J. Trump 14,418 31,464 775 30.9 67.4 1.7 36.5 +0.1 +20.6 +6.7
2016 Hillary Clinton Donald J. Trump 10,038 23,799 1,532[1] 28.4 67.3 4.3 38.9 +4.6 +21.2 +6.6
2012 Barack Obama Mitt Romney 11,825 20,708 473 35.8 62.7 1.4 26.9 +2.5 +15.5 +3.2
2008 Barack Obama John McCain 13,058 20,288 407 38.7 60.1 1.2 21.4 +1.8 +14.4 +3.2
2004 John Kerry George W. Bush 12,379 17,505 159 41.2 58.3 0.5 17.2 +7.3 +7.6 +1.5
2000 Al Gore George W. Bush 11,127 11,930 343 47.6 51.0 1.5 3.4 +8.5 +3.1 -0.2
1996 Bill Clinton Bob Dole 10,367 8,737 1,470[2] 50.4 42.5 7.1 7.9 +6.1 +1.8 -3.1
1992 Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush 9,997 7,440 3,022[3] 48.9 36.4 14.8 12.5 -20.4 -1.1 -6.0
1988 Michael Dukakis George H. W. Bush 6,280 8,397 111 42.5 56.8 0.8 14.3 n/a +3.4 -1.1

Notes

  1. Gary Johnson, who appeared on the ballot as an Independent, received 922 votes in 2016.
  2. H. Ross Perot received 1,366 votes in 1996.
  3. H. Ross Perot received 2,821 votes in 1992.

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