2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary Tennessee presidential no 2008 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2008 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2016 2012 03 06 x160px Barack Obama 017dcf Illinois 80,357 88.48% 82 File:NOTA Option Logo 3x4.svg Uncommitted 000000 grey N/A 10,497 11.51% 0 350px County resultsObama: #2293c3 60–65% #1e83ae 65–70% #1b7298 70–75% #176282 75–80% #13526d 80–85% #0f4157 85–90% #0b3141 90–95% #08202b 95–100% OK VT 82 pledged delegates to the2012 Democratic National Convention File:2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary election results map by county (vote share).svgThe 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, as part of Super Tuesday along with other primaries and caucuses. Tennessee's 82 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated based on the results of the primary. Incumbent President Barack Obama won the primary in a landslide, facing no major opposition to his candidacy. Procedure Pledged nationalconvention delegates Type Del. Delegates CD 1 5 CD 2 6 CD 3 5 CD 4 5 CD 5 7 CD 6 6 CD 7 6 CD 8 6CD 97 PLEO Party leaders and elected officials 11 At-large 18 Total pledged delegates 82 Tennessee was allocated 91 delegates to the Democratic National Convention: 82 were allocated based on the results of the primary, with the other nine being unpledged superdelegates.Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2012 https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/TN-D https://web.archive.org/web/20230127102106/http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/TN-D Jan 27, 2023 The Green Papers In order to qualify for delegates, a candidate had to receive at least 15% of the vote statewide or in at least one congressional district. 53 of Tennessee's delegates were allotted among the state's nine congressional districts. The remaining 29 delegates were allocated based on the statewide popular vote, consisting of 18 at-large delegates and 11 pledged PLEOs (party leaders and elected officials). Results Barack Obama won the primary with over 88% of the vote and received all of the state's delegates. 11.5% of votes were cast for uncommitted delegates, while John Wolfe Jr., who had qualified as a write-in candidate, received seven votes. 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes%DelegatesBarack Obama (incumbent)80,70588.48%82Uncommitted10,49711.51% rowspan="2" John Wolfe Jr. (write-in)70.01%Total91,209100.00%82 Results by county +2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary(results per county)DemPresStateCertCountyTotals.pdf https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2012-03/DemPresStateCertCountyTotals.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200719133655/https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2012-03/DemPresStateCertCountyTotals.pdf July 19, 2020 Tennessee Secretary of StateCountyBarackObamaUncommittedJohnWolfe Jr.Totalvotescast Votes % Votes % Votes % Anderson 887 84.64% 159 15.17% 2 0.19% 1,048 Bedford 254 77.68% 73 22.32% 0 0.00% 327 Benton 524 71.10% 213 28.90% 0 0.00% 737 Bledsoe 348 77.33% 102 22.67% 0 0.00% 450 Blount 402 87.77% 56 12.23% 0 0.00% 458 Bradley 415 83.17% 84 16.83% 0 0.00% 499 Campbell 316 79.00% 84 21.00% 0 0.00% 400 Cannon 116 78.38% 32 21.62% 0 0.00% 148 Carroll 238 86.23% 38 13.77% 0 0.00% 276 Carter 143 85.12% 25 14.88% 0 0.00% 168 Cheatham 214 88.07% 29 11.93% 0 0.00% 243 Chester 72 83.72% 14 16.28% 0 0.00% 86 Claiborne 117 84.17% 22 15.83% 0 0.00% 139 Clay 60 90.91% 6 9.09% 0 0.00% 66 Cocke 75 89.29% 9 10.71% 0 0.00% 84 Coffee 430 80.37% 105 19.63% 0 0.00% 535 Crockett 328 65.86% 170 34.14% 0 0.00% 498 Cumberland 593 81.79% 132 18.21% 0 0.00% 725 Davidson 15,452 94.28% 937 5.72% 0 0.00% 16,389 Decatur 102 83.61% 20 16.39% 0 0.00% 122 Dekalb 580 73.23% 212 26.77% 0 0.00% 792 Dickson 374 88.84% 47 11.16% 0 0.00% 421 Dyer 202 85.23% 35 14.77% 0 0.00% 237 Fayette 347 95.86% 15 4.14% 0 0.00% 362 Fentress 165 90.16% 18 9.84% 0 0.00% 183 Franklin 838 78.83% 225 21.17% 0 0.00% 1,063 Gibson 598 86.67% 92 13.33% 0 0.00% 690 Giles 220 87.30% 32 12.70% 0 0.00% 252 Grainger 81 81.82% 18 18.18% 0 0.00% 99 Greene 257 87.41% 37 12.59% 0 0.00% 294 Grundy 235 77.30% 69 22.70% 0 0.00% 304 Hamblen 204 92.73% 16 7.27% 0 0.00% 220 Hamilton 4,956 95.81% 214 4.14% 3 0.06% 5,173 Hancock 22 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 22 Hardeman 968 78.32% 268 21.68% 0 0.00% 1,236 Hardin 106 82.17% 23 17.83% 0 0.00% 129 Hawkins 304 79.58% 78 20.42% 0 0.00% 382 Haywood 473 97.73% 11 2.27% 0 0.00% 484 Henderson 50 80.65% 12 19.35% 0 0.00% 62 Henry 797 65.70% 416 34.30% 0 0.00% 1,213 Hickman 153 84.07% 29 15.93% 0 0.00% 182 Houston 115 91.27% 11 8.73% 0 0.00% 126 Humphreys 258 89.58% 30 10.42% 0 0.00% 288 Jackson 172 82.30% 37 17.70% 0 0.00% 209 Jefferson 171 88.60% 22 11.40% 0 0.00% 193 Johnson 90 88.24% 12 11.76% 0 0.00% 102 Knox 2,464 91.23% 237 8.77% 0 0.00% 2,701 Lake 70 87.50% 10 12.50% 0 0.00% 80 Lauderdale 210 87.50% 30 12.50% 0 0.00% 240 Lawrence 191 80.93% 45 19.07% 0 0.00% 236 Lewis 76 79.17% 20 20.83% 0 0.00% 96 Lincoln 212 85.83% 35 14.17% 0 0.00% 247 Loudon 285 91.35% 27 8.65% 0 0.00% 312 Macon 95 85.59% 16 14.41% 0 0.00% 111 Madison 723 94.39% 43 5.61% 0 0.00% 766 Marion 1,337 63.46% 768 36.45% 2 0.09% 2,107 Marshall 193 85.78% 32 14.22% 0 0.00% 225 Maury 1,801 86.50% 281 13.50% 0 0.00% 2,082 McMinn 265 86.32% 42 13.68% 0 0.00% 307 Mcnairy 173 83.57% 34 16.43% 0 0.00% 207 Meigs 182 85.85% 30 14.15% 0 0.00% 212 Monroe 207 91.59% 19 8.41% 0 0.00% 226 Montgomery 1,326 91.13% 129 8.87% 0 0.00% 1,455 Moore 34 85.00% 6 15.00% 0 0.00% 40 Morgan 76 79.17% 20 20.83% 0 0.00% 96 Obion 169 78.24% 47 21.76% 0 0.00% 216 Overton 844 75.76% 270 24.24% 0 0.00% 1,114 Perry 61 87.14% 9 12.86% 0 0.00% 70 Pickett 23 95.83% 1 4.17% 0 0.00% 24 Polk 711 70.33% 300 29.67% 0 0.00% 1,011 Putnam 1,119 68.02% 526 31.98% 0 0.00% 1,645 Rhea 288 77.21% 85 22.79% 0 0.00% 373 Roane 335 82.51% 71 17.49% 0 0.00% 406 Robertson 356 84.36% 66 15.64% 0 0.00% 422 Rutherford 1,753 87.61% 248 12.39% 0 0.00% 2,001 Scott 302 83.43% 60 16.57% 0 0.00% 362 Sequatchie 141 81.03% 33 18.97% 0 0.00% 174 Sevier 354 81.94% 78 18.06% 0 0.00% 432 Shelby 22,827 98.23% 412 1.77% 0 0.00% 23,239 Smith 176 85.44% 30 14.56% 0 0.00% 206 Stewart 290 89.23% 35 10.77% 0 0.00% 325 Sullivan 442 86.33% 70 13.67% 0 0.00% 512 Sumner 1,665 86.36% 263 13.64% 0 0.00% 1,928 Tipton 237 87.78% 33 12.22% 0 0.00% 270 Trousdale 140 93.33% 10 6.67% 0 0.00% 150 Unicoi 52 77.61% 15 22.39% 0 0.00% 67 Union 66 69.47% 29 30.53% 0 0.00% 95 Van Buren 346 71.93% 135 28.07% 0 0.00% 481 Warren 2,116 64.45% 1,167 35.55% 0 0.00% 3,283 Washington 380 85.97% 62 14.03% 0 0.00% 442 Wayne 65 89.04% 8 10.96% 0 0.00% 73 Weakley 252 75.68% 81 24.32% 0 0.00% 333 White 199 75.67% 64 24.33% 0 0.00% 263 Williamson 559 90.45% 59 9.55% 0 0.00% 618 Wilson 695 85.59% 117 14.41% 0 0.00% 812 Total 80,705 88.48% 10,497 11.51% 7 0.01% 91,209 See also 2012 Tennessee Republican presidential primary 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2012 United States presidential 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