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 [[File:Howard Baker photo.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Portrait of Howard Baker, a United States Senator from Tennessee who became known as "The Great Conciliator"|[[Howard Baker]] served as [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Minority and Majority Leader]] from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator"]]
-Between the end of Reconstruction and the mid-20th century, Tennessee voted consistently Democratic in Presidential elections, except in two nationwide Republican [[Landslide victory|landslides]] in the 1920s. Tennesseans narrowly supported [[Warren G. Harding]] over Ohio Governor [[James M. Cox|James Cox]] in 1920,{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=299–300}} and more decisively voted for [[Herbert Hoover]] over New York Governor [[Al Smith]] in 1928.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|p=314}} During the first half of the 20th century, state politics were dominated by the Democratic [[E. H. Crump#Political machine|Crump machine]] in Memphis.<ref>{{cite book |last=Biles |first=Roger |title=Memphis In the Great Depression |publisher=University of Tennessee Press|location=Knoxville, TN |date=1986 |pages=88–107 |isbn=978-1572331570}}</ref> For most of the second half of the 20th century, Tennessee was a [[swing state]] in presidential elections.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Doble |first=Rob |title=Analysis: The polarization express |url=https://tennesseelookout.com/2020/12/24/analysis-the-polarization-express/ |work=Tennessee Lookout |date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2021}}</ref> During this time, Democratic presidential nominees from Southern states, including [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[Bill Clinton]], tended to fare better in Tennessee than their Northern counterparts, especially among split-ticket voters outside the metropolitan areas. In the 1950s, Tennessee twice voted for Republican [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], former Allied Commander of the Armed Forces during World War II.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=350–354}} [[Howard Baker]], first elected in 1966, became the first Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee since Reconstruction.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=366–367}} The Republican [[Southern strategy]] did not have as much of an effect in Tennessee as in most Southern states, but the elections of [[Winfield Dunn]] as governor and [[Bill Brock]] to the U.S. Senate in 1970 further helped make the GOP competitive among Whites in statewide elections.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=370–373}} In the [[2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2000 presidential election]], Vice President [[Al Gore]], who had previously served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Tennessee, failed to carry his home state, an unusual occurrence but indicative of strengthening Republican support.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Pérez-Peña |first=Richard |author1-link=Richard Pérez-Peña |title=Loss In Home State Leaves Gore Depending on Florida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/us/the-2000-elections-tennessee-loss-in-home-state-leaves-gore-depending-on-florida.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710233040/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/us/the-2000-elections-tennessee-loss-in-home-state-leaves-gore-depending-on-florida.html |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=May 5, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 2000 |page=B1}}</ref>
+Between the end of Reconstruction and the mid-20th century, Tennessee voted consistently Democratic in Presidential elections, except in two nationwide Republican [[Landslide victory|landslides]] in the 1920s. Tennesseans narrowly supported [[Warren G. Harding]] over Ohio Governor [[James M. Cox|James Cox]] in 1920,{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=299–300}} and more decisively voted for [[Herbert Hoover]] over New York Governor [[Al Smith]] in 1928.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|p=314}} During the first half of the 20th century, state politics were dominated by the Democratic [[E. H. Crump#Political machine|Crump machine]] in Memphis.<ref>{{cite book |last=Biles |first=Roger |title=Memphis In the Great Depression |publisher=University of Tennessee Press|location=Knoxville, TN |date=1986 |pages=88–107 |isbn=978-1572331570}}</ref> For most of the second half of the 20th century, Tennessee was a [[swing state]] in presidential elections.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Doble |first=Rob |title=Analysis: The polarization express |url=https://tennesseelookout.com/2020/12/24/analysis-the-polarization-express/ |work=Tennessee Lookout |date=December 24, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2021}}</ref> During this time, Democratic presidential nominees from Southern states, including Lyndon B. Johnson, [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[Bill Clinton]], tended to fare better in Tennessee than their Northern counterparts, especially among split-ticket voters outside the metropolitan areas. In the 1950s, Tennessee twice voted for Republican [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], former Allied Commander of the Armed Forces during World War II.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=350–354}} [[Howard Baker]], first elected in 1966, became the first Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee since Reconstruction.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=366–367}} The Republican [[Southern strategy]] did not have as much of an effect in Tennessee as in most Southern states, but the elections of [[Winfield Dunn]] as governor and [[Bill Brock]] to the U.S. Senate in 1970 further helped make the GOP competitive among Whites in statewide elections.{{sfn|Langsdon|2000|pp=370–373}} In the [[2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2000 presidential election]], Vice President [[Al Gore]], who had previously served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Tennessee, failed to carry his home state, an unusual occurrence but indicative of strengthening Republican support.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Pérez-Peña |first=Richard |author1-link=Richard Pérez-Peña |title=Loss In Home State Leaves Gore Depending on Florida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/us/the-2000-elections-tennessee-loss-in-home-state-leaves-gore-depending-on-florida.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710233040/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/09/us/the-2000-elections-tennessee-loss-in-home-state-leaves-gore-depending-on-florida.html |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=May 5, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 2000 |page=B1}}</ref>
 Beginning in the early 21st century, Tennessee transitioned into a solid Republican state, primarily due to rural white voters who have rejected the increasing [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberalism]] of the Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schelzig |first1=Erik |title=Battleground no longer: Here's the Almanac of American Politics' overview of Tennessee |url=https://onthehill.tnjournal.net/battleground-no-longer-heres-the-almanac-of-american-politics-overview-of-tennessee/ |access-date=May 2, 2021 |work=The Tennessee Journal |date=August 5, 2019 |location=Brentwood, Tennessee}}</ref><ref name=flyer>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Jackson |title=How Tennessee Turned Red |url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/how-tennessee-turned-red |access-date=May 2, 2021 |work=Memphis Flyer |date=July 31, 2014}}</ref> In [[2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2004]], Republican President [[George W. Bush]] increased his margin of victory in the state from a 4% to a 14% margin in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dade |first=Corey |title=Tennessee Resists Obama Wave |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122731165800249331 |url-status=live |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=November 22, 2008 |access-date=August 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710044942/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122731165800249331 |archive-date=July 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/tennessee/tennessee_mccain_leads_both_democrats_by_double_digits |title=Tennessee: McCain Leads Both Democrats by Double Digits |work=Rasmussen Reports |date=April 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224074929/http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/tennessee/tennessee_mccain_leads_both_democrats_by_double_digits |archive-date=December 24, 2008}}</ref> In 2007, [[Ron Ramsey]] became the first Republican Speaker of the State Senate since Reconstruction,<ref>{{cite news |last=Fender |first=Jessica |title=New lieutenant governor outlines areas of interest |url=https://tennessean.newspapers.com/clip/76859572/new-lieutenant-governor-outlines-areas/ |access-date=May 2, 2021 |work=The Tennessean |date=January 10, 2007 |location=Nashville |page=8A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and the following year the Republicans gained control of both houses of the state legislature for the first time since Reconstruction.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Emery |first1=Theo |last2=Paine |first2=Anne |title=Republicans claim majority in state House |url=https://tennessean.newspapers.com/clip/76859930/republicans-claim-majority-in-state/ |access-date=May 2, 2021 |work=The Tennessean |date=November 5, 2008 |location=Nashville |page=12A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Voters, however, continued to elect [[Moderate (politics)|moderate]] Republicans, such as centrists [[Bill Haslam]] and [[Lamar Alexander]], until the late 2010s with the rise of [[Trumpism]] in the GOP at a nationwide scale.<ref name="plott">{{cite news |last=Plott |first=Elaina |title=Tennessee Republicans, Once Moderate and Genteel, Turn Toxic in the Trump Era |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/politics/tennnessee-trump-republican-party.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805090229/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/politics/tennnessee-trump-republican-party.html |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=May 26, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> Since 2016, Tennessee has been the most populous state to vote Republican by more than 60% in presidential elections,<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennessee Presidential Election Voting History |url=https://www.270towin.com/states/Tennessee |website=270towin.com |publisher=Electoral Adventures LLC |access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref> and in [[2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee|2020]] voted Republican by the largest margin of any state in terms of number of votes.<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 3, 2020|title=Tennessee Voter Surveys: How Different Groups Voted|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/ap-polls-tennessee.html|url-access=limited|access-date=November 17, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>