Less than half

Only four out of the nine Congressional districts of the state of Tennessee have Republican representatives in Congress. Less than 50 percent. If you are from the state of Tennessee there is a better than 50 percent chance you have a Democratic representative. This means that people in these districts vote Democratic.

So how is it considered a "red state"? The eastern part of the state was dominantly Republican during the Civil War, as it still is. However, Republican then meant you supported Abraham Lincoln. Sixteenth President of the United States? Remember him? Emancipation Proclamation? Gettysburg Address? Ringing any bells? Lincoln is still hailed as the greatest Republican (like, ever). But people who identify themselves now as Republican and proudly Confederate, vote against what their party stood for. This is ignorance and hypocrisy. More of the former.