Election in Tennessee
Main article: 2016 United States presidential election
2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee Turnout 62% [1]
Nominee
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
New York
New York
Running mate
Mike Pence
Tim Kaine
Electoral vote
11
0
Popular vote
1,522,925
870,695
Percentage
60.72%
34.72%
County Results
Trump
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Clinton
50–60%
60–70%
President before election
Barack Obama
Democratic
Elected President
Donald Trump
Republican
Treemap of the popular vote by county.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Tennessee voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party 's nominee, businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine .
On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries , Tennessee voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.
Trump won the election in the Volunteer State with 60.7% of the vote. Clinton received 34.7% of the vote.[2] This is the largest margin of victory for a presidential candidate for either party in the state since 1972 with Richard Nixon , and also the first time since that either party has earned over 60% of the vote in Tennessee. Tennessee was one of eleven states won by Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 but lost by Hillary Clinton.
Background [ ]
Tennessee has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1996 . In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the state by a margin of more than twenty points, due to the unpopularity of the Obama administration in the conservative state. Typically Democrats do very well in the urban regions of Memphis and Nashville , while Republicans dominate the rural and suburban areas. Tennessee is considered a safe Republican state. In 2016, it stayed that way with Trump winning the state with 60.7% of the vote.
Primary elections [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
Main article: 2016 Tennessee Democratic primary
Results
Democratic primary results by county.
Bernie Sanders
Hillary Clinton
Tennessee Democratic primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate
Popular vote
Estimated delegates
Count
Percentage
Pledged
Unpledged
Total
Hillary Clinton
245,930
66.07%
44
7
51
Bernie Sanders
120,800
32.45%
23
0
23
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
2,025
0.54%
Uncommitted
3,467
0.93%
0
1
1
Total
372,222
100%
67
8
75
Source: The Green Papers
Republican primary [ ]
Tennessee Republican primary, March 1, 2016
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Actual delegate count
Bound
Unbound
Total
Donald Trump
333,180
38.94%
33
0
33
Ted Cruz
211,471
24.71%
16
0
16
Marco Rubio
181,274
21.18%
9
0
9
Ben Carson
64,951
7.59%
0
0
0
John Kasich
45,301
5.29%
0
0
0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
9,551
1.12%
0
0
0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)
2,415
0.28%
0
0
0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)
2,350
0.27%
0
0
0
Uncommitted
1,849
0.22%
0
0
0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)
1,256
0.15%
0
0
0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
715
0.08%
0
0
0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
710
0.08%
0
0
0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)
267
0.03%
0
0
0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)
253
0.03%
0
0
0
George Pataki (withdrawn)
186
0.02%
0
0
0
Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0
Total:
855,729
100.00%
58
0
58
Source: The Green Papers
Polling [ ]
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election § Tennessee
General election [ ]
Predictions [ ]
CNN : Solid Trump[3]
Cook Political Report : Solid Trump[4]
Electoral-vote.com : Likely Trump[5]
Los Angeles Times : Solid Trump[6]
NBC : Likely Trump^[7]
RealClearPolitics : Likely Trump[8]
Sabato's Crystal Ball : Safe Trump[9]
^Highest rating given
Results [ ]
By congressional district [ ]
Trump won 7 of 9 congressional districts.[11]
District
Trump
Clinton
Representative
1st
76%
20%
Phil Roe
2nd
65%
30%
Jimmy Duncan
3rd
61%
38%
Chuck Fleischmann
4th
68%
27%
Scott DesJarlais
5th
38%
56%
Jim Cooper
6th
72%
24%
Diane Black
7th
67%
28%
Marsha Blackburn
8th
66%
31%
Stephen Fincher
David Kustoff
9th
20%
77%
Steve Cohen
By county [ ]
County
Clinton%
Clinton#
Trump%
Trump#
Others%
Others#
Total
Anderson
30.16%
9,013
64.30%
19,212
5.54%
1,656
29,881
Bedford
22.11%
3,395
74.80%
11,486
3.09%
474
15,355
Benton
23.29%
1,474
74.53%
4,716
2.18%
138
6,328
Bledsoe
19.23%
897
77.66%
3,622
3.11%
145
4,664
Blount
23.18%
12,100
71.72%
37,443
5.10%
2,665
52,208
Bradley
18.28%
7,070
76.99%
29,768
4.73%
1,828
38,666
Campbell
17.94%
2,248
78.76%
9,870
3.30%
414
12,532
Cannon
21.21%
1,127
75.40%
4,007
3.39%
180
5,314
Carroll
22.41%
2,327
74.69%
7,756
2.90%
301
10,384
Carter
16.38%
3,453
80.15%
16,898
3.48%
733
21,084
Cheatham
24.35%
3,878
70.94%
11,297
4.70%
749
15,924
Chester
19.10%
1,243
78.09%
5,081
2.81%
183
6,507
Claiborne
17.06%
1,832
80.09%
8,602
2.85%
306
10,740
Clay
24.21%
707
73.32%
2,141
2.47%
72
2,920
Cocke
16.34%
1,981
80.74%
9,791
2.92%
354
12,126
Coffee
23.75%
4,743
72.19%
14,417
4.06%
811
19,971
Crockett
24.14%
1,303
73.78%
3,982
2.08%
112
5,397
Cumberland
19.73%
5,202
77.44%
20,413
2.83%
745
26,360
Davidson
59.77%
148,864
33.95%
84,550
6.29%
15,654
249,068
Decatur
19.47%
894
78.14%
3,588
2.40%
110
4,592
DeKalb
22.56%
1,569
74.35%
5,171
3.09%
215
6,955
Dickson
25.25%
4,722
70.77%
13,233
3.98%
744
18,699
Dyer
21.12%
2,816
76.33%
10,180
2.55%
340
13,336
Fayette
30.29%
5,874
67.31%
13,055
2.40%
465
19,394
Fentress
15.00%
1,100
82.34%
6,038
2.66%
195
7,333
Franklin
26.66%
4,374
70.30%
11,532
3.04%
498
16,404
Gibson
26.90%
5,258
70.53%
13,786
2.57%
503
19,547
Giles
26.19%
2,917
71.56%
7,970
2.24%
250
11,137
Grainger
14.41%
1,154
82.74%
6,626
2.85%
228
8,008
Greene
17.88%
4,216
78.71%
18,562
3.41%
805
23,583
Grundy
20.97%
999
76.34%
3,636
2.69%
128
4,763
Hamblen
19.69%
4,075
76.63%
15,857
3.67%
760
20,692
Hamilton
38.84%
55,316
55.29%
78,733
5.87%
8,359
142,408
Hancock
14.43%
322
82.61%
1,843
2.96%
66
2,231
Hardeman
45.13%
4,185
53.05%
4,919
1.82%
169
9,273
Hardin
16.30%
1,622
80.53%
8,012
3.17%
315
9,949
Hawkins
16.88%
3,507
80.14%
16,648
2.98%
619
20,774
Haywood
54.30%
3,711
44.09%
3,013
1.61%
110
6,834
Henderson
17.62%
1,800
79.65%
8,138
2.73%
279
10,217
Henry
23.66%
3,063
73.45%
9,508
2.89%
374
12,945
Hickman
23.35%
1,824
72.89%
5,695
3.76%
294
7,813
Houston
27.34%
866
68.88%
2,182
3.79%
120
3,168
Humphreys
27.50%
1,967
68.92%
4,930
3.58%
256
7,153
Jackson
25.28%
1,129
72.46%
3,236
2.26%
101
4,466
Jefferson
18.32%
3,494
77.47%
14,776
4.21%
802
19,072
Johnson
15.02%
988
82.23%
5,410
2.75%
181
6,579
Knox
34.80%
62,878
58.53%
105,767
6.67%
12,052
180,697
Lake
29.29%
577
68.88%
1,357
1.83%
36
1,970
Lauderdale
37.79%
3,056
60.39%
4,884
1.82%
147
8,087
Lawrence
18.01%
2,821
79.28%
12,420
2.71%
425
15,666
Lewis
19.26%
890
77.56%
3,585
3.18%
147
4,622
Lincoln
19.13%
2,554
77.90%
10,398
2.97%
396
13,348
Loudon
21.03%
4,919
75.29%
17,610
3.69%
862
23,391
Macon
14.29%
1,072
83.46%
6,263
2.25%
169
7,504
Madison
40.52%
15,448
55.97%
21,335
3.51%
1,337
38,120
Marion
26.07%
2,832
70.85%
7,696
3.07%
334
10,862
Marshall
24.90%
2,852
71.44%
8,184
3.66%
419
11,455
Maury
28.38%
10,038
67.29%
23,799
4.33%
1,532
35,369
McMinn
18.72%
3,510
78.33%
14,691
2.95%
554
18,755
McNairy
18.41%
1,848
78.11%
7,841
3.48%
349
10,038
Meigs
19.81%
856
77.36%
3,342
2.82%
122
4,320
Monroe
18.64%
3,186
78.24%
13,374
3.12%
533
17,093
Montgomery
37.66%
21,699
56.13%
32,341
6.21%
3,580
57,620
Moore
16.95%
496
79.46%
2,325
3.59%
105
2,926
Morgan
15.72%
1,054
81.15%
5,441
3.13%
210
6,705
Obion
19.81%
2,426
77.77%
9,526
2.42%
297
12,249
Overton
23.64%
1,945
73.63%
6,059
2.73%
225
8,229
Perry
20.91%
597
75.90%
2,167
3.19%
91
2,855
Pickett
20.50%
536
77.28%
2,021
2.22%
58
2,615
Polk
19.20%
1,252
78.17%
5,097
2.62%
171
6,520
Putnam
25.18%
6,851
69.83%
19,002
4.99%
1,359
27,212
Rhea
17.56%
1,942
78.29%
8,660
4.16%
460
11,062
Roane
22.32%
4,837
73.28%
15,880
4.39%
952
21,669
Robertson
24.48%
6,637
71.59%
19,410
3.93%
1,066
27,113
Rutherford
34.17%
36,706
60.05%
64,515
5.78%
6,215
107,436
Scott
13.11%
934
84.85%
6,044
2.04%
145
7,123
Sequatchie
18.49%
1,053
77.99%
4,441
3.51%
200
5,694
Sevier
17.34%
6,297
78.84%
28,629
3.82%
1,386
36,312
Shelby
61.95%
208,992
34.48%
116,344
3.57%
12,047
337,383
Smith
22.71%
1,689
73.88%
5,494
3.40%
253
7,436
Stewart
23.06%
1,222
72.92%
3,864
4.02%
213
5,299
Sullivan
20.20%
12,578
75.43%
46,979
4.37%
2,721
62,278
Sumner
25.40%
18,161
70.11%
50,129
4.50%
3,215
71,505
Tipton
24.64%
5,785
72.02%
16,910
3.35%
786
23,481
Trousdale
29.94%
946
66.55%
2,103
3.51%
111
3,160
Unicoi
17.54%
1,262
78.82%
5,671
3.64%
262
7,195
Union
16.20%
1,012
80.89%
5,053
2.91%
182
6,247
Van Buren
22.28%
539
75.24%
1,820
2.48%
60
2,419
Warren
25.97%
3,535
70.09%
9,540
3.95%
537
13,612
Washington
26.18%
13,024
68.85%
34,252
4.97%
2,474
49,750
Wayne
12.24%
717
85.98%
5,036
1.78%
104
5,857
Weakley
22.75%
2,772
73.93%
9,008
3.32%
404
12,184
White
18.78%
1,845
78.08%
7,671
3.15%
309
9,825
Williamson
29.18%
31,013
64.19%
68,212
6.63%
7,046
106,271
Wilson
25.36%
14,385
69.46%
39,406
5.19%
2,943
56,734
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ ]
Hardeman (largest city: Bolivar )
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