United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2016

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2016
November 8, 2016
Turnout 61.92% Increase

 
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
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.

Donald Trump won the election in Tennessee with 60.7% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 34.7% of the vote.[1] This is the largest margin of victory for a presidential candidate for either party since 1972 with Richard Nixon, and also the first time since that either party has earned over 60% of the vote in Tennessee.

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

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

County results of the Tennessee Republican presidential primaries, 2016
  Donald Trump
  Marco Rubio
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

General election

U.S. presidential election in Tennessee, 2016[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald Trump 1,522,925 60.72%
Democratic Hillary Clinton 870,695 34.72%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 70,397 2.81%
Green Jill Stein 15,993 0.64%
Independent Evan McMullin (write-in) 11,991 0.48%
Independent Mike Smith 7,276 0.29%
Reform Rocky De La Fuente 4,075 0.16%
Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy 2,877 0.12%
Independent Write-in 1,798 0.07%
Total votes 2,508,027 100.00%

By congressional district

Trump won 7 of 9 congressional districts.[3]

District Trump Clinton Representative
1st 76% 20% Phil Roe
2nd 65% 30% John J. Duncan, Jr.
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 County30.16%9,01364.30%19,21205.54%1,65629,881
Bedford County22.11%3,39574.80%11,48603.09%47415,355
Benton County23.29%1,47474.53%4,71602.18%1386,328
Bledsoe County19.23%89777.66%3,62203.11%1454,664
Blount County23.18%12,10071.72%37,44305.10%2,66552,208
Bradley County18.28%7,07076.99%29,76804.73%1,82838,666
Campbell County17.94%2,24878.76%9,87003.30%41412,532
Cannon County21.21%1,12775.40%4,00703.39%1805,314
Carroll County22.41%2,32774.69%7,75602.90%30110,384
Carter County16.38%3,45380.15%16,89803.48%73321,084
Cheatham County24.35%3,87870.94%11,29704.70%74915,924
Chester County19.10%1,24378.09%5,08102.81%1836,507
Claiborne County17.06%1,83280.09%8,60202.85%30610,740
Clay County24.21%70773.32%2,14102.47%722,920
Cocke County16.34%1,98180.74%9,79102.92%35412,126
Coffee County23.75%4,74372.19%14,41704.06%81119,971
Crockett County24.14%1,30373.78%3,98202.08%1125,397
Cumberland County19.73%5,20277.44%20,41302.83%74526,360
Davidson County59.77%148,86433.95%84,55006.29%15,654249,068
Decatur County19.47%89478.14%3,58802.40%1104,592
DeKalb County22.56%1,56974.35%5,17103.09%2156,955
Dickson County25.25%4,72270.77%13,23303.98%74418,699
Dyer County21.12%2,81676.33%10,18002.55%34013,336
Fayette County30.29%5,87467.31%13,05502.40%46519,394
Fentress County15.00%1,10082.34%6,03802.66%1957,333
Franklin County26.66%4,37470.30%11,53203.04%49816,404
Gibson County26.90%5,25870.53%13,78602.57%50319,547
Giles County26.19%2,91771.56%7,97002.24%25011,137
Grainger County14.41%1,15482.74%6,62602.85%2288,008
Greene County17.88%4,21678.71%18,56203.41%80523,583
Grundy County20.97%99976.34%3,63602.69%1284,763
Hamblen County19.69%4,07576.63%15,85703.67%76020,692
Hamilton County38.84%55,31655.29%78,73305.87%8,359142,408
Hancock County14.43%32282.61%1,84302.96%662,231
Hardeman County45.13%4,18553.05%4,91901.82%1699,273
Hardin County16.30%1,62280.53%8,01203.17%3159,949
Hawkins County16.88%3,50780.14%16,64802.98%61920,774
Haywood County54.30%3,71144.09%3,01301.61%1106,834
Henderson County17.62%1,80079.65%8,13802.73%27910,217
Henry County23.66%3,06373.45%9,50802.89%37412,945
Hickman County23.35%1,82472.89%5,69503.76%2947,813
Houston County27.34%86668.88%2,18203.79%1203,168
Humphreys County27.50%1,96768.92%4,93003.58%2567,153
Jackson County25.28%1,12972.46%3,23602.26%1014,466
Jefferson County18.32%3,49477.47%14,77604.21%80219,072
Johnson County15.02%98882.23%5,41002.75%1816,579
Knox County34.80%62,87858.53%105,76706.67%12,052180,697
Lake County29.29%57768.88%1,35701.83%361,970
Lauderdale County37.79%3,05660.39%4,88401.82%1478,087
Lawrence County18.01%2,82179.28%12,42002.71%42515,666
Lewis County19.26%89077.56%3,58503.18%1474,622
Lincoln County19.13%2,55477.90%10,39802.97%39613,348
Loudon County21.03%4,91975.29%17,61003.69%86223,391
Macon County14.29%1,07283.46%6,26302.25%1697,504
Madison County40.52%15,44855.97%21,33503.51%1,33738,120
Marion County26.07%2,83270.85%7,69603.07%33410,862
Marshall County24.90%2,85271.44%8,18403.66%41911,455
Maury County28.38%10,03867.29%23,79904.33%1,53235,369
McMinn County18.72%3,51078.33%14,69102.95%55418,755
McNairy County18.41%1,84878.11%7,84103.48%34910,038
Meigs County19.81%85677.36%3,34202.82%1224,320
Monroe County18.64%3,18678.24%13,37403.12%53317,093
Montgomery County37.66%21,69956.13%32,34106.21%3,58057,620
Moore County16.95%49679.46%2,32503.59%1052,926
Morgan County15.72%1,05481.15%5,44103.13%2106,705
Obion County19.81%2,42677.77%9,52602.42%29712,249
Overton County23.64%1,94573.63%6,05902.73%2258,229
Perry County20.91%59775.90%2,16703.19%912,855
Pickett County20.50%53677.28%2,02102.22%582,615
Polk County19.20%1,25278.17%5,09702.62%1716,520
Putnam County25.18%6,85169.83%19,00204.99%1,35927,212
Rhea County17.56%1,94278.29%8,66004.16%46011,062
Roane County22.32%4,83773.28%15,88004.39%95221,669
Robertson County24.48%6,63771.59%19,41003.93%1,06627,113
Rutherford County34.17%36,70660.05%64,51505.78%6,215107,436
Scott County13.11%93484.85%6,04402.04%1457,123
Sequatchie County18.49%1,05377.99%4,44103.51%2005,694
Sevier County17.34%6,29778.84%28,62903.82%1,38636,312
Shelby County61.95%208,99234.48%116,34403.57%12,047337,383
Smith County22.71%1,68973.88%5,49403.40%2537,436
Stewart County23.06%1,22272.92%3,86404.02%2135,299
Sullivan County20.20%12,57875.43%46,97904.37%2,72162,278
Sumner County25.40%18,16170.11%50,12904.50%3,21571,505
Tipton County24.64%5,78572.02%16,91003.35%78623,481
Trousdale County29.94%94666.55%2,10303.51%1113,160
Unicoi County17.54%1,26278.82%5,67103.64%2627,195
Union County16.20%1,01280.89%5,05302.91%1826,247
Van Buren County22.28%53975.24%1,82002.48%602,419
Warren County25.97%3,53570.09%9,54003.95%53713,612
Washington County26.18%13,02468.85%34,25204.97%2,47449,750
Wayne County12.24%71785.98%5,03601.78%1045,857
Weakley County22.75%2,77273.93%9,00803.32%40412,184
White County18.78%1,84578.08%7,67103.15%3099,825
Williamson County29.18%31,01364.19%68,21206.63%7,046106,271
Wilson County25.36%14,38569.46%39,40605.19%2,94356,734

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
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