 However, since being carried by George Wallace in 1968 it has become and remained one of the most Republican areas in Tennessee, and has not been represented by a Democrat since the early 1970s.The rural secessionist counties did return to the Democrats until the 2000s – four of the five Tennessee counties won by George McGovern lie within this district – but since the middle 2000s these counties have turned overwhelmingly Republican in all elections.The only area where Democrats currently compete on anything resembling an even basis is in Clarksville, which has consistently elected Democrats to the state legislature.