Tennessee Firearms Association launched a
voluntary preference poll for the 2026 General Election for Tennessee Governor. Although its only been running for a few days and it remains active, it is already revealing some details. For those who are concerned, the poll is confidential and individual preferences will not be disclosed.
The poll has had already a substantial number of participants - enough to start showing some patterns.
Without detailing the status of the poll's results at this time, here are some interesting bits of information.
1) The poll asks participants to provide a political preference. There were no self-identified Democrats. About 10% of the participants identified as independent. Of the remaining approximate 90% the vast majority reflected primarily variations on Republican or GOP or MAGA.
2) Two candidates dominated the results so far with other candidates receiving 1% or less. The category of "other/write-in" received a trailing third of the total vote but it was more than all but 2 of the other options.
3) A Mason-Dixon Tennessee voter poll in January 2026 produced a result of 38% Republican, 27% Democratic, and 35% independent/other. An analysis of other polls in 2025 and 2026 indicated that the range of all voters identifying as something other than Republican in Tennessee was about 53–62%. Assuming statistical validity, the population of those participating in the TFA voluntary poll appear to be coming from a demographic that represents materially less than how most Tennessee voters self-identify.
4) The TFA results suggests preferences within a population that heavily self-identifies as Republican. It therefore contains very letter preference indication from the 53% to 62% that various polls categorize as non-Republicans.
5) Since the TFA voluntary poll is not indicating Democratic preferences or even preferences among an estimated large population of independents, what it it may be detecting is a large split in the population of those who self-identify as Republican or conservative and particularly those who are focused on 2nd Amendment issues.
Please take the
poll today - it will only take a few clicks.
Finally, feel free to forward or share the link to the voluntary poll with others. The more individuals that participate the better insight the results may provide.
NOTE: A very few individuals have reported difficulty with taking the online poll. It has been tested on Chrome, Firefox and Android. The software vendor suggests clearing the cache and reloading the page if you are having a problem.
