2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee

November 8, 2016
Turnout	61.92% [1] 0.06 pp
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 Congressional district results Precinct results Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Tie/No Data
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.

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Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)	2,025	0.54%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

2016 Tennessee Republican primary

March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)

Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz Marco Rubio Home state New York Texas Florida Delegate count 33 16 9 Popular vote 333,180 211,471 181,274 Percentage 38.94% 24.71% 21.18%   Candidate Ben Carson John Kasich Home state Maryland Ohio Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 64,951 45,301 Percentage 7.59% 5.29%

Tennessee results by county   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

General election

By county

County	Donald Trump Republican		Hillary Clinton Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Anderson	19,212	64.30%	9,013	30.16%	1,656	5.54%	10,199	34.14%	29,881
Bedford	11,486	74.80%	3,395	22.11%	474	3.09%	8,091	52.69%	15,355
Benton	4,716	74.53%	1,474	23.29%	138	2.18%	3,242	51.24%	6,328
Bledsoe	3,622	77.66%	897	19.23%	145	3.11%	2,725	58.43%	4,664
Blount	37,443	71.72%	12,100	23.18%	2,665	5.10%	25,343	48.54%	52,208
Bradley	29,768	76.99%	7,070	18.28%	1,828	4.73%	22,698	58.71%	38,666
Campbell	9,870	78.76%	2,248	17.94%	414	3.30%	7,622	60.82%	12,532
Cannon	4,007	75.40%	1,127	21.21%	180	3.39%	2,880	54.19%	5,314
Carroll	7,756	74.69%	2,327	22.41%	301	2.90%	5,429	52.28%	10,384
Carter	16,898	80.15%	3,453	16.38%	733	3.47%	13,445	63.77%	21,084
Cheatham	11,297	70.94%	3,878	24.35%	749	4.71%	7,419	46.59%	15,924
Chester	5,081	78.09%	1,243	19.10%	183	2.81%	3,838	58.99%	6,507
Claiborne	8,602	80.09%	1,832	17.06%	306	2.85%	6,770	63.03%	10,740
Clay	2,141	73.32%	707	24.21%	72	2.47%	1,434	49.11%	2,920
Cocke	9,791	80.74%	1,981	16.34%	354	2.92%	7,810	64.40%	12,126
Coffee	14,417	72.19%	4,743	23.75%	811	4.06%	9,674	48.44%	19,971
Crockett	3,982	73.78%	1,303	24.14%	112	2.08%	2,679	49.64%	5,397
Cumberland	20,413	77.44%	5,202	19.73%	745	2.83%	15,211	57.71%	26,360
Davidson	84,550	33.95%	148,864	59.77%	15,654	6.28%	-64,314	-25.82%	249,068
Decatur	3,588	78.14%	894	19.47%	110	2.39%	2,694	58.67%	4,592
DeKalb	5,171	74.35%	1,569	22.56%	215	3.09%	3,602	51.79%	6,955
Dickson	13,233	70.77%	4,722	25.25%	744	3.98%	8,511	45.52%	18,699
Dyer	10,180	76.33%	2,816	21.12%	340	2.55%	7,364	55.21%	13,336
Fayette	13,055	67.31%	5,874	30.29%	465	2.40%	7,181	37.02%	19,394
Fentress	6,038	82.34%	1,100	15.00%	195	2.66%	4,938	67.34%	7,333
Franklin	11,532	70.30%	4,374	26.66%	498	3.04%	7,158	43.64%	16,404
Gibson	13,786	70.53%	5,258	26.90%	503	2.57%	8,528	43.63%	19,547
Giles	7,970	71.56%	2,917	26.19%	250	2.25%	5,053	45.37%	11,137
Grainger	6,626	82.74%	1,154	14.41%	228	2.85%	5,472	68.33%	8,008
Greene	18,562	78.71%	4,216	17.88%	805	3.41%	14,346	60.83%	23,583
Grundy	3,636	76.34%	999	20.97%	128	2.69%	2,637	55.37%	4,763
Hamblen	15,857	76.63%	4,075	19.69%	760	3.68%	11,782	56.94%	20,692
Hamilton	78,733	55.29%	55,316	38.84%	8,359	5.87%	23,417	16.45%	142,408
Hancock	1,843	82.61%	322	14.43%	66	2.96%	1,521	68.18%	2,231
Hardeman	4,919	53.05%	4,185	45.13%	169	1.82%	734	7.92%	9,273
Hardin	8,012	80.53%	1,622	16.30%	315	3.17%	6,390	64.23%	9,949
Hawkins	16,648	80.14%	3,507	16.88%	619	2.98%	13,141	63.26%	20,774
Haywood	3,013	44.09%	3,711	54.30%	110	1.61%	-698	-10.21%	6,834
Henderson	8,138	79.65%	1,800	17.62%	279	2.73%	6,338	62.03%	10,217
Henry	9,508	73.45%	3,063	23.66%	374	2.89%	6,445	49.79%	12,945
Hickman	5,695	72.89%	1,824	23.35%	294	3.76%	3,871	49.54%	7,813
Houston	2,182	68.88%	866	27.34%	120	3.78%	1,316	41.54%	3,168
Humphreys	4,930	68.92%	1,967	27.50%	256	3.58%	2,963	41.42%	7,153
Jackson	3,236	72.46%	1,129	25.28%	101	2.26%	2,107	47.18%	4,466
Jefferson	14,776	77.47%	3,494	18.32%	802	4.21%	11,282	59.15%	19,072
Johnson	5,410	82.23%	988	15.02%	181	2.75%	4,422	67.21%	6,579
Knox	105,767	58.53%	62,878	34.80%	12,052	6.67%	42,889	23.73%	180,697
Lake	1,357	68.88%	577	29.29%	36	1.83%	780	39.59%	1,970
Lauderdale	4,884	60.39%	3,056	37.79%	147	1.82%	1,828	22.60%	8,087
Lawrence	12,420	79.28%	2,821	18.01%	425	2.71%	9,599	61.27%	15,666
Lewis	3,585	77.56%	890	19.26%	147	3.18%	2,695	58.30%	4,622
Lincoln	10,398	77.90%	2,554	19.13%	396	2.97%	7,844	58.77%	13,348
Loudon	17,610	75.29%	4,919	21.03%	862	3.68%	12,691	54.26%	23,391
Macon	6,263	83.46%	1,072	14.29%	169	2.25%	5,191	69.17%	7,504
Madison	21,335	55.97%	15,448	40.52%	1,337	3.51%	5,887	15.45%	38,120
Marion	7,696	70.85%	2,832	26.07%	334	3.08%	4,864	44.78%	10,862
Marshall	8,184	71.44%	2,852	24.90%	419	3.66%	5,332	46.54%	11,455
Maury	23,799	67.29%	10,038	28.38%	1,532	4.33%	13,761	38.91%	35,369
McMinn	14,691	78.33%	3,510	18.72%	554	2.95%	11,181	59.61%	18,755
McNairy	7,841	78.11%	1,848	18.41%	349	3.48%	5,993	59.70%	10,038
Meigs	3,342	77.36%	856	19.81%	122	2.83%	2,486	57.55%	4,320
Monroe	13,374	78.24%	3,186	18.64%	533	3.12%	10,188	59.60%	17,093
Montgomery	32,341	56.13%	21,699	37.66%	3,580	6.21%	10,642	18.47%	57,620
Moore	2,325	79.46%	496	16.95%	105	3.59%	1,829	62.51%	2,926
Morgan	5,441	81.15%	1,054	15.72%	210	3.13%	4,387	65.43%	6,705
Obion	9,526	77.77%	2,426	19.81%	297	2.42%	7,100	57.96%	12,249
Overton	6,059	73.63%	1,945	23.64%	225	2.73%	4,114	49.99%	8,229
Perry	2,167	75.90%	597	20.91%	91	3.19%	1,570	54.99%	2,855
Pickett	2,021	77.28%	536	20.50%	58	2.22%	1,485	56.78%	2,615
Polk	5,097	78.17%	1,252	19.20%	171	2.63%	3,845	58.97%	6,520
Putnam	19,002	69.83%	6,851	25.18%	1,359	4.99%	12,151	44.65%	27,212
Rhea	8,660	78.29%	1,942	17.56%	460	4.15%	6,718	60.73%	11,062
Roane	15,880	73.28%	4,837	22.32%	952	4.40%	11,043	50.96%	21,669
Robertson	19,410	71.59%	6,637	24.48%	1,066	3.93%	12,773	47.11%	27,113
Rutherford	64,515	60.05%	36,706	34.17%	6,215	5.78%	27,809	25.88%	107,436
Scott	6,044	84.85%	934	13.11%	145	2.04%	5,110	71.74%	7,123
Sequatchie	4,441	77.99%	1,053	18.49%	200	3.52%	3,388	59.50%	5,694
Sevier	28,629	78.84%	6,297	17.34%	1,386	3.82%	22,332	61.50%	36,312
Shelby	116,344	34.48%	208,992	61.95%	12,047	3.57%	-92,648	-27.47%	337,383
Smith	5,494	73.88%	1,689	22.71%	253	3.41%	3,805	51.17%	7,436
Stewart	3,864	72.92%	1,222	23.06%	213	4.02%	2,642	49.86%	5,299
Sullivan	46,979	75.43%	12,578	20.20%	2,721	4.37%	34,401	55.23%	62,278
Sumner	50,129	70.11%	18,161	25.40%	3,215	4.49%	31,968	44.71%	71,505
Tipton	16,910	72.02%	5,785	24.64%	786	3.34%	11,125	47.38%	23,481
Trousdale	2,103	66.55%	946	29.94%	111	3.51%	1,157	36.61%	3,160
Unicoi	5,671	78.82%	1,262	17.54%	262	3.64%	4,409	61.28%	7,195
Union	5,053	80.89%	1,012	16.20%	182	2.91%	4,041	64.69%	6,247
Van Buren	1,820	75.24%	539	22.28%	60	2.48%	1,281	52.96%	2,419
Warren	9,540	70.09%	3,535	25.97%	537	3.94%	6,005	44.12%	13,612
Washington	34,252	68.85%	13,024	26.18%	2,474	4.97%	21,228	42.67%	49,750
Wayne	5,036	85.98%	717	12.24%	104	1.78%	4,319	73.74%	5,857
Weakley	9,008	73.93%	2,772	22.75%	404	3.32%	6,236	51.18%	12,184
White	7,671	78.08%	1,845	18.78%	309	3.14%	5,826	59.30%	9,825
Williamson	68,212	64.19%	31,013	29.18%	7,046	6.63%	37,199	35.01%	106,271
Wilson	39,406	69.46%	14,385	25.36%	2,943	5.18%	25,021	44.10%	56,734
Totals	1,522,925	60.72%	870,695	34.72%	114,407	4.56%	652,230	26.00%	2,508,027

County Flips:

Democratic   Hold

Republican   Hold   Gain from Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Hardeman (largest city: Bolivar)

See also

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References

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process Archived 2016-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Tennessee