Editing Montgomery County, Tennessee (section)

=== Political history ===
Montgomery County has historically been a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] stronghold. Since the [[2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2000 presidential election]], however, the county started voting for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], and is now a Republican stronghold.

The last time Montgomery County voted for a Democratic candidate in a statewide race was for [[Phil Bredesen]] in [[2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2006]], and the last time it voted for a Democratic candidate on a presidential level, was in [[1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee|1996]] when it voted for Democrat [[Bill Clinton]].

Although Montgomery County is a Republican stronghold, the city of Clarksville has been competitive for both [[American Political Parties|major political parties]]. In the [[2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2020 presidential election]], Clarksville voted for [[Donald Trump]] by a 0.4% margin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DRA Tennessee |url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#state::TN |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Daves Redistricting}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|13,011|14,507|3,823|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|12,599|9,145|112|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|13,228|9,939|198|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|8,503|11,573|622|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|5,923|12,310|215|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|7,839|5,691|369|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|3,248|5,538|5,638|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,814|10,178|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,550|7,635|85|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|2,778|8,034|122|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,573|5,759|27|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|646|3,310|549|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|702|2,971|13|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|819|3,158|13|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|838|3,314|28|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|799|2,747|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,743|1,866|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|941|1,946|54|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,780|2,564|40|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|991|1,976|52|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|514|1,638|281|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,903|2,961|57|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|843|1,697|144|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,815|2,248|319|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,934|2,804|353|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,927|2,405|1,103|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|2,164|2,628|117|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,922|2,516|25|Tennessee}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|2,039|2,846|0|Tennessee}}