2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
County results Congressional district results
Clinton 40 – 50%
50 – 60%
60 – 70%
70 – 80%
80 – 90%
Sanders 50 – 60%
The 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Tennessee as one of the Democratic Party 's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election .
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday ," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa , while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Tennessee primary.
Opinion polling
Poll source
Date
1st
2nd
3rd
Other
Primary results
March 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton 66.1%
Bernie Sanders 32.5%
Others / Uncommitted 1.5%
SurveyMonkey[1]
Margin of error: ?
Sample size: 533
February 22–29, 2016
Hillary Clinton 54%
Bernie Sanders 37%
Others / Undecided 9%
NBC/WSJ/Marist[2]
Margin of error: ± 3.8
Sample size: 405
February 22–25, 2016
Hillary Clinton 60%
Bernie Sanders 34%
Other 6%
Public Policy Polling[3]
Margin of error: ± 4.4
Sample size: 500
February 14–16, 2016
Hillary Clinton 58%
Bernie Sanders 32%
Vanderbilt/PSRA
Margin of error: 6.7%
Sample size: 346
November 11–23, 2015
Hillary Clinton 48%
Bernie Sanders 28%
Martin O'Malley 3%
Undecided 10%, Other 5%, Wouldn't Vote 4%
MTSU[4]
Margin of error: ± 4%
Sample size: 603
October 25–27, 2015
Hillary Clinton 44%
Bernie Sanders 16%
Don't know 25%
Results
Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 75
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Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)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
Results by county
County[5]
Clinton
Votes
Sanders
Votes
Anderson
54.7%
2,328
43.4%
1,845
Bedford
67.8%
1,208
29.3%
523
Benton
63.5%
560
32.5%
287
Bledsoe
60.7%
398
32.8%
215
Blount
53.1%
2,736
45.8%
2,362
Bradley
55.2%
1,644
43.7%
1,302
Campbell
66.7%
656
30.7%
302
Cannon
64.5%
439
32.0%
218
Carroll
67.6%
721
28.8%
307
Carter
47.6%
774
51.0%
828
Cheatham
56.2%
1,065
42.2%
801
Chester
69.0%
342
28.8%
143
Claiborne
61.7%
544
35.4%
312
Clay
70.9%
270
27.0%
103
Cocke
55.6%
436
43.3%
361
Coffee
62.5%
1,503
34.6%
831
Crockett
78.5%
424
19.1%
103
Cumberland
57.8%
1,312
39.1%
888
Davidson
65.3%
43,691
33.8%
22,620
Decatur
67.5%
330
26.8%
131
DeKalb
69.1%
641
30.9%
286
Dickson
67.1%
1,497
31.2%
696
Dyer
71.5%
822
26.5%
304
Fayette
84.1%
2,003
15.2%
362
Fentress
63.2%
352
34.3%
191
Franklin
64.8%
1,590
33.0%
809
Gibson
76.8%
1,549
21.2%
427
Giles
73.2%
915
25.2%
315
Grainger
61.1%
283
25.2%
164
Greene
53.4%
1,079
44.2%
892
Grundy
64.8%
445
29.7%
204
Hamblen
56.5%
951
40.5%
682
Hamilton
64.4%
15,598
34.7%
8,411
Hancock
53.7%
80
44.3%
66
Hardeman
87.7%
1,721
11.5%
225
Hardin
70.7%
591
27.4%
229
Hawkins
58.7%
906
38.0%
587
Haywood
88.6%
1,197
10.6%
143
Henderson
68.9%
443
29.7%
191
Henry
66.2%
957
30.0%
434
Hickman
60.9%
543
36.2%
323
Houston
67.1%
320
29.6%
141
Humphreys
67.7%
737
30.5%
332
Jackson
65.3%
407
31.5%
196
Jefferson
54.2%
735
43.6%
592
Johnson
51.6%
245
46.9%
223
Knox
51.0%
13,137
47.9%
12,334
Lake
77.8%
186
19.7%
47
Lauderdale
82.9%
1,035
15.5%
194
Lawrence
53.6%
1,332
35.9%
893
Lewis
49.2%
232
48.3%
228
Lincoln
67.3%
728
30.3%
328
Loudon
60.5%
1,026
37.6%
638
Macon
65.2%
343
32.1%
169
Madison
80.7%
4,351
18.5%
999
Marion
62.0%
1,046
33.0%
559
Marshall
67.4%
838
30.9%
384
Maury
63.6%
2,366
35.1%
1,305
McMinn
60.8%
1,027
36.6%
619
McNairy
74.5%
719
23.7%
229
Meigs
66.3%
354
30.3%
162
Monroe
63.6%
1,232
30.8%
596
Montgomery
65.2%
5,555
33.2%
2,833
Moore
65.1%
209
29.0%
93
Morgan
58.7%
356
37.1%
225
Obion
65.3%
760
29.7%
345
Overton
59.1%
885
31.9%
477
Perry
65.0%
215
32.6%
108
Pickett
75.6%
214
22.6%
64
Polk
47.9%
757
35.2%
557
Putnam
51.9%
1,916
45.9%
1,692
Rhea
57.6%
503
37.9%
331
Roane
60.1%
1,454
37.9%
916
Robertson
68.5%
1,918
29.5%
827
Rutherford
57.2%
8,243
41.7%
6,016
Scott
58.3%
273
38.5%
180
Sequatchie
56.1%
273
42.3%
206
Sevier
49.4%
1,259
48.6%
1,241
Shelby
80.1%
66,465
19.3%
15,985
Smith
70.6%
654
27.3%
253
Stewart
66.0%
527
30.6%
244
Sullivan
54.1%
2,653
43.9%
2,153
Sumner
64.3%
4,225
34.4%
2,262
Tipton
71.1%
1,454
28.1%
574
Trousdale
72.5%
321
25.5%
113
Unicoi
46.0%
244
51.3%
272
Union
60.1%
316
37.3%
196
Van Buren
67.6%
242
26.8%
96
Warren
64.3%
1,318
32.7%
671
Washington
45.8%
2,444
53.1%
2,833
Wayne
63.0%
208
34.2%
113
Weakley
63.2%
860
33.2%
452
White
60.6%
688
35.3%
401
Williamson
60.3%
6,055
39.0%
3,911
Wilson
64.1%
3,873
34.8%
2,102
Total
66.1%
245,304
32.4%
120,333
Analysis
Clinton swept Tennessee, winning the primary in a 34-point-routing over Bernie Sanders. The intensity of her victory in the primary was delivered by African American voters, who comprised 32% of the electorate and backed Clinton over Sanders by a margin of 89-10. Clinton also won the white vote 57-42. Clinton swept all income levels and educational attainment levels in Tennessee. And though Sanders won the youth vote , Clinton won among voters over the age of 45 by a margin of 78-21.
Her strong support among African American voters handed Clinton an 82-18 showing in the Memphis area. She also won in Nashville 66-33, in Central Tennessee 66-35, and in Eastern Tennessee which is whiter and considered to be an extension of Appalachia by a margin of 58-42.[6]
See also
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