Early voting down 8% compared with 2018 primary
Early voting was down 8% compared with Tennessee’s 2018 primary election featuring a heated governor’s race and another open U.S. Senate seat.
Republican voting was down 11%, while Democratic turnout was up 2%. GOP voters still showed up in far greater numbers than Democrats, 354,600 to 215,790.
Only 21 counties saw increases in Republican early voting, led by a 63% growth in Washington County in the heart of the 1st Congressional District, where 16 Republicans are vying to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Johnson City). Other counties in the district posing GOP gains included Unicoi (21%), Sullivan (14%), Sevier (11%), and Grainger (8%). Turnout decreased in the district’s remaining counties: Jefferson (-9%), Hamblen (-13%), Greene (-21%), Johnson (-23%), Hancock (-28%), and Cocke (-30%).
Democratic turnout saw its biggest boost in Davidson County, where early voting was up 53% compared with two years ago. Knox County also saw a Democratic gain of 29%, while GOP turnout dropped 10%. In Hamilton County, Democrats saw a 24% increase but Republican turnout also grew 19%.
In Shelby County, which usually accounts for the state’s largest turnout for both parties, Democratic early voting was down 4%, while GOP balloting cratered by 25%.
The full early voting list by county compared with the 2018 primary follows below.
| County | GOP | GOP change | Dem | Dem change | Total | Total change |
| Anderson | 4,574 | -14% | 2,316 | -5% | 6,927 | -12% |
| Bedford | 2,383 | -33% | 631 | -45% | 3,032 | -38% |
| Benton | 1,599 | -9% | 508 | -48% | 2,155 | -24% |
| Bledsoe | 462 | -30% | 129 | -48% | 596 | -38% |
| Blount | 8,081 | 2% | 2,650 | 13% | 10,734 | 4% |
| Bradley | 7,398 | -10% | 1,234 | -3% | 8,713 | -9% |
| Campbell | 1,575 | -56% | 305 | -67% | 1,918 | -63% |
| Cannon | 659 | -47% | 149 | -62% | 821 | -55% |
| Carroll | 1,915 | -14% | 500 | -32% | 2,425 | -22% |
| Carter | 3,936 | -10% | 397 | -10% | 4,344 | -11% |
| Cheatham | 2,652 | 1% | 1,236 | 10% | 3,909 | 2% |
| Chester | 1,683 | 9% | 312 | -3% | 2,169 | 5% |
| Claiborne | 2,751 | -18% | 558 | -33% | 3,625 | -26% |
| Clay | 406 | -47% | 117 | -72% | 536 | -60% |
| Cocke | 2,595 | -30% | 257 | -26% | 2,864 | -30% |
| Coffee | 4,137 | -2% | 1,232 | -31% | 5,461 | -10% |
| Crockett | 959 | 1% | 224 | -49% | 1,253 | -14% |
| Cumberland | 5,384 | 2% | 1,195 | 6% | 6,650 | 3% |
| Davidson | 19,800 | -9% | 55,112 | 53% | 75,543 | 30% |
| Decatur | 948 | -28% | 222 | -53% | 1,203 | -45% |
| DeKalb | 996 | -23% | 437 | -36% | 1,488 | -34% |
| Dickson | 2,214 | -19% | 1,180 | -16% | 3,460 | -18% |
| Dyer | 1,719 | -40% | 465 | -25% | 2,209 | -39% |
| Fayette | 2,660 | -24% | 956 | -10% | 3,653 | -23% |
| Fentress | 1,559 | -42% | 266 | -56% | 1,904 | -53% |
| Franklin | 2,670 | -6% | 815 | -36% | 3,521 | -15% |
| Gibson | 1,903 | -37% | 504 | -48% | 2,439 | -43% |
| Giles | 2,095 | -22% | 705 | -28% | 2,949 | -24% |
| Grainger | 1,399 | 8% | 190 | 9% | 1,603 | 8% |
| Greene | 3,880 | -21% | 640 | -20% | 4,573 | -22% |
| Grundy | 918 | 35% | 266 | -42% | 1,247 | 2% |
| Hamblen | 2,917 | -13% | 494 | 1% | 3,429 | -11% |
| Hamilton | 14,175 | 19% | 11,593 | 24% | 26,343 | 23% |
| Hancock | 329 | -28% | 35 | -30% | 375 | -34% |
| Hardeman | 1,197 | -13% | 1,040 | -28% | 2,252 | -26% |
| Hardin | 2,239 | -14% | 331 | -40% | 2,637 | -24% |
| Hawkins | 3,682 | 4% | 362 | -36% | 4,071 | -1% |
| Haywood | 614 | -45% | 776 | -46% | 1,407 | -47% |
| Henderson | 2,370 | -17% | 228 | -31% | 2,605 | -20% |
| Henry | 2,286 | -25% | 762 | -7% | 3,112 | -20% |
| Hickman | 1,135 | -39% | 340 | -62% | 1,485 | -50% |
| Houston | 628 | -32% | 212 | -66% | 854 | -48% |
| Humphreys | 1,261 | 0% | 530 | -44% | 1,815 | -21% |
| Jackson | 782 | -5% | 341 | -30% | 1,315 | -17% |
| Jefferson | 3,517 | -9% | 505 | -18% | 4,055 | -10% |
| Johnson | 1,921 | -23% | 169 | -51% | 2,097 | -33% |
| Knox | 28,967 | -10% | 17,219 | 29% | 46,606 | 2% |
| Lake | 427 | -33% | 154 | -41% | 636 | -45% |
| Lauderdale | 1,075 | -3% | 754 | -31% | 1,928 | -14% |
| Lawrence | 1,944 | -27% | 510 | -42% | 2,531 | -31% |
| Lewis | 1,311 | -8% | 192 | -45% | 1,615 | -24% |
| Lincoln | 2,167 | 21% | 556 | 17% | 2,842 | 18% |
| Loudon | 6,339 | -7% | 1,412 | 39% | 7,809 | -1% |
| Macon | 1,318 | -63% | 166 | -69% | 1,504 | -69% |
| Madison | 4,245 | -27% | 3,151 | -13% | 7,519 | -21% |
| Marion | 1,603 | 31% | 797 | 8% | 2,433 | 22% |
| Marshall | 2,609 | -5% | 626 | -33% | 3,244 | -13% |
| Maury | 5,210 | -27% | 1,912 | -25% | 7,219 | -29% |
| McMinn | 2,932 | -18% | 645 | 12% | 3,613 | -14% |
| McNairy | 1,989 | 5% | 293 | -49% | 2,300 | -20% |
| Meigs | 781 | -24% | 201 | -53% | 988 | -35% |
| Monroe | 3,441 | -19% | 740 | -37% | 4,341 | -24% |
| Montgomery | 7,756 | 25% | 4,135 | -2% | 12,111 | 15% |
| Moore | 797 | -24% | 163 | -50% | 995 | -29% |
| Morgan | 984 | -44% | 203 | -62% | 1,213 | -53% |
| Obion | 1,996 | -34% | 301 | -61% | 2,305 | -45% |
| Overton | 1,056 | -28% | 409 | -63% | 1,484 | -44% |
| Perry | 824 | -20% | 137 | -33% | 980 | -26% |
| Pickett | 468 | -12% | 135 | -42% | 648 | -26% |
| Polk | 1,328 | 31% | 472 | -28% | 1,978 | 6% |
| Putnam | 4,767 | -2% | 1,311 | -30% | 6,115 | -11% |
| Rhea | 2,018 | -31% | 387 | -43% | 2,442 | -35% |
| Roane | 4,825 | -5% | 1,460 | -14% | 6,441 | -8% |
| Robertson | 3,620 | -23% | 1,200 | -35% | 4,867 | -27% |
| Rutherford | 15,241 | 5% | 9,425 | 17% | 24,885 | 9% |
| Scott | 1,072 | -62% | 128 | -75% | 1,233 | -74% |
| Sequatchie | 918 | -51% | 166 | -67% | 1,103 | -60% |
| Sevier | 5,023 | 11% | 890 | 34% | 5,940 | 14% |
| Shelby | 24,926 | -25% | 50,512 | -4% | 76,091 | -12% |
| Smith | 1,823 | -21% | 554 | -32% | 2,421 | -23% |
| Stewart | 1,164 | -32% | 277 | -65% | 1,451 | -46% |
| Sullivan | 11,801 | 14% | 1,613 | -10% | 13,494 | 10% |
| Sumner | 6,909 | -14% | 2,963 | 10% | 9,964 | -7% |
| Tipton | 3,940 | 1% | 839 | -24% | 4,798 | -5% |
| Trousdale | 745 | -12% | 298 | -36% | 1,317 | -16% |
| Unicoi | 1,910 | 21% | 203 | 4% | 2,115 | 18% |
| Union | 696 | -47% | 198 | -35% | 932 | -50% |
| Van Buren | 285 | -30% | 85 | -70% | 370 | -51% |
| Warren | 2,192 | -35% | 906 | -56% | 3,144 | -46% |
| Washington | 11,568 | 63% | 1,764 | 32% | 13,419 | 57% |
| Wayne | 1,294 | -29% | 126 | -56% | 1,442 | -41% |
| Weakley | 2,685 | -3% | 479 | -45% | 3,181 | -17% |
| White | 2,045 | -17% | 376 | -49% | 2,435 | -26% |
| Williamson | 15,522 | 4% | 6,801 | 14% | 22,616 | 8% |
| Wilson | 11,081 | -13% | 4,120 | -9% | 15,418 | -12% |
| Total | 354,600 | -11% | 215,790 | 2% | 578,252 | -8% |
4 Responses to Early voting down 8% compared with 2018 primary
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Again….there was a mega gubernatorial race in the Rep primary in 2018. That along with Covid, along with a 6 or one/half dozen Senate race this year could explain the difference. It’s not enthusiasm for Trump if that’s where media is trying to take this.
There is NO enthusiasm for Trump and rightfully so! Dump Trump! The man is a disaster!
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