2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary Tennessee presidential no 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2012 2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2020 2016 03 01 OK TX File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg Hillary Clinton d4aa00 New York 245,930 66.07% 44 File:Bernie Sanders September 2015 cropped.jpg 160x160px Bernie Sanders 228B22 Vermont 120,800 32.45% 23 300px County results 300px Congressional district results 300px Clinton #faec63 40 – 50% #eccc4b 50 – 60% #cdac39 60 – 70% #a8862b 70 – 80% #684614 80 – 90% Sanders #71bc62 50 – 60% 67 Democratic National Convention delegates 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 Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Results Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Primary date: March 1, 2016 National delegates: 75 Results by county + Countyhttps://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/counties/tn/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN June 4, 2018 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.http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/tn/Dem 2016 Election Center CNN 2016-10-18 See also 2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee 2016 Tennessee elections References 30em Tennessee Democratic primary 2016