Romney easily carried Tennessee's 11 electoral votes, winning 59.48% of the vote in the state to Obama's 39.08%.[1] Romney's 20.40% margin of victory was the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in the state since Richard Nixon's 1972 landslide. Tennessee has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1996, when Bill Clinton won the state and many other states of the South, and the Volunteer State has not given a majority to a Democratic nominee since fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. Thus, Tennessee has been seen as part of the modern-day red wall in the 21st century. After 1996, the state has been growing more Republican with each election.[2]
As consistent with the rest of the country, Obama carried heavily populated and diverse counties. The largest county, Shelby, was won by Obama by a 26.08% margin due to it being home to Memphis, Tennessee's largest city. In addition, the home of the state capital of Nashville, Davidson County, went to Obama by 18.58%. Hardeman and Haywood counties, both low-populated suburbs of Memphis, also went to Obama due to their high African American populations (42.2%[3] and 50.6%,[4] respectively). However, rural areas – including areas in the northwestern portion of the state that had long favored Democratic candidates – saw heavy margins for Romney, allowing him to offset Obama's wins in large cities. The eastern region of the state in Appalachia, some of the most historically Republican and Unionist counties in the country, saw margins of over 70% for the Republican ticket.[5]
Romney also flipped two counties, Houston and Jackson, to the Republican column. Both of these majority-white counties had been Democratic strongholds with their strong ties to secessionism: they had each only voted for a Republican presidential nominee once prior to this election, in 1928 and 1920, respectively.[6]
As of 2020, this is the most recent election in which Hardeman County was won by the Democratic presidential nominee. This is also the first and only time that a Democratic president has won re-election without carrying Tennessee.
The 2012 democratic primary in Tennessee took place on Super Tuesday, March 6, 2012, with Barack Obama receiving 80,355 (88.5%) votes. Other candidates received a combined total of 10,411 (11.5%) votes.[7] Tennessee had a total of 91 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention, of which 82 were pledged to presidential contenders depending on the popular vote. The remaining 9 super-delegates were unbound.
Tennessee has 58 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention. Three superdelegates are unbound. 27 delegates are awarded by congressional district, 3 delegates for each district. If a candidate wins two-thirds of the vote in a district, he takes all 3 delegates there; if not, delegates are split 2-to-1 between the top two candidates. Another 28 delegates are awarded to the candidate who wins two-thirds of the vote statewide, or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 20% of the vote if no one gets two-thirds.[11]
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Main article 2012 United States presidential election The 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6 2012 as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate Vice President Joe Biden against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate Congressman Paul Ryan 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee 2008 November 6 2012 2016 Nominee Mitt Romney Barack ObamaParty Republican DemocraticHome state Massachusetts IllinoisRunning mate Paul Ryan Joe BidenElectoral vote 11 0Popular vote 1 462 330 960 709Percentage 59 48 39 08 County Results Romney 50 60 60 70 70 80 Obama 50 60 60 70 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Barack ObamaDemocraticRomney easily carried Tennessee s 11 electoral votes winning 59 48 of the vote in the state to Obama s 39 08 1 Romney s 20 40 margin of victory was the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in the state since Richard Nixon s 1972 landslide Tennessee has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1996 when Bill Clinton won the state and many other states of the South and the Volunteer State has not given a majority to a Democratic nominee since fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976 Thus Tennessee has been seen as part of the modern day red wall in the 21st century After 1996 the state has been growing more Republican with each election 2 As consistent with the rest of the country Obama carried heavily populated and diverse counties The largest county Shelby was won by Obama by a 26 08 margin due to it being home to Memphis Tennessee s largest city In addition the home of the state capital of Nashville Davidson County went to Obama by 18 58 Hardeman and Haywood counties both low populated suburbs of Memphis also went to Obama due to their high African American populations 42 2 3 and 50 6 4 respectively However rural areas including areas in the northwestern portion of the state that had long favored Democratic candidates saw heavy margins for Romney allowing him to offset Obama s wins in large cities The eastern region of the state in Appalachia some of the most historically Republican and Unionist counties in the country saw margins of over 70 for the Republican ticket 5 Romney also flipped two counties Houston and Jackson to the Republican column Both of these majority white counties had been Democratic strongholds with their strong ties to secessionism they had each only voted for a Republican presidential nominee once prior to this election in 1928 and 1920 respectively 6 As of 2020 this is the most recent election in which Hardeman County was won by the Democratic presidential nominee This is also the first and only time that a Democratic president has won re election without carrying Tennessee Contents 1 Primaries 1 1 Democratic 1 2 Republican 1 2 1 Results 2 General election 2 1 Results 2 2 By county 2 2 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 3 By congressional district 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPrimaries EditDemocratic Edit Tennessee Democratic primary 2012 2008 March 6 2012 2012 03 06 2016 Candidate Barack Obama UncommittedHome state Illinois n aDelegate count 82 9Popular vote 80 705 10 497Percentage 88 48 11 51 Tennessee results by county Barack ObamaThe 2012 democratic primary in Tennessee took place on Super Tuesday March 6 2012 with Barack Obama receiving 80 355 88 5 votes Other candidates received a combined total of 10 411 11 5 votes 7 Tennessee had a total of 91 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention of which 82 were pledged to presidential contenders depending on the popular vote The remaining 9 super delegates were unbound Tennessee Democratic primary 2012 8 Candidate Popular vote DelegatesCount Percentage Pledged delegates Super delegates Total delegates Barack Obama 80 705 88 48 82 9 91Uncommitted 10 497 11 51 0 0 0John Wolfe Jr write in 7 0 00 0 0 0Total 91 209 100 91 29 251Republican Edit Tennessee Republican primary 2012 2008 March 6 2012 2012 03 06 2016 Candidate Rick Santorum Mitt RomneyHome state Pennsylvania MassachusettsDelegate count 29 14Popular vote 205 809 155 630Percentage 37 11 28 06 Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron PaulHome state Georgia TexasDelegate count 9 0Popular vote 132 889 50 156Percentage 23 96 9 04 Tennessee results by county Rick Santorum Mitt Romney Newt GingrichThe Republican primary took place on Super Tuesday March 6 2012 9 10 Tennessee has 58 delegates to the 2012 Republican National Convention Three superdelegates are unbound 27 delegates are awarded by congressional district 3 delegates for each district If a candidate wins two thirds of the vote in a district he takes all 3 delegates there if not delegates are split 2 to 1 between the top two candidates Another 28 delegates are awarded to the candidate who wins two thirds of the vote statewide or allocated proportionately among candidates winning at least 20 of the vote if no one gets two thirds 11 Former Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum won the primary with a plurality carrying 37 11 of the vote and all but four counties awarding him 29 delegates Former Massachusetts Governor and eventual nominee Mitt Romney came second with 28 06 of the vote and 19 delegates He carried only three counties Davidson Loudon and Williamson Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich of neighboring Georgia came third with 23 96 of the vote and 9 delegates carrying only the county of Marion Representative from Texas Ron Paul received 9 04 of the vote and all other candidates received under 1 of the vote 12 Results Edit Tennessee Republican primary 2012 13 Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate countNYT 14 CNN 15 FOX 16 Rick Santorum 205 809 37 11 29 27 26Mitt Romney 155 630 28 06 14 15 12Newt Gingrich 132 889 23 96 9 8 9Ron Paul 50 156 9 04 0 0 0Rick Perry withdrawn 1 966 0 35 0 0 0Michele Bachmann withdrawn 1 895 0 34 0 0 0Jon Huntsman withdrawn 1 239 0 22 0 0 0Buddy Roemer withdrawn 881 0 16 0 0 0Gary Johnson withdrawn 572 0 10 0 0 0Uncommitted 3 536 0 64 0 0 0Unprojected delegates 6 8 9Total 554 573 100 00 58 58 58General election EditResults Edit United States presidential election in Tennessee 2012 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1 462 330 59 48 11Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 960 709 39 08 0Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 18 623 0 67 0Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 6 515 0 26 0Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 6 022 0 24 0Justice Rocky Anderson Luis J Rodriguez 2 639 0 11 0American Third Position Merlin Miller Virginia D Abernethy 1 739 0 07 0Totals 2 458 577 100 00 11By county Edit County Obama Obama Romney Romney Others Others TotalAnderson 34 13 10 122 63 95 18 968 01 92 569 29 659Bedford 29 15 4 211 69 46 10 034 01 38 200 14 445Benton 36 27 2 258 61 84 3 850 01 90 118 6 226Bledsoe 29 07 1 267 69 33 3 022 01 61 70 4 359Blount 26 27 12 934 71 98 35 441 01 74 859 49 234Bradley 22 35 8 037 76 25 27 422 01 40 504 35 963Campbell 27 50 3 328 71 10 8 604 01 40 169 12 101Cannon 31 45 1 564 66 54 3 309 02 01 100 4 973Carroll 32 02 3 475 66 58 7 225 01 39 151 10 851Carter 23 23 4 789 75 20 15 503 01 58 325 20 617Cheatham 30 69 4 659 67 63 10 268 01 68 255 15 182Chester 25 34 1 624 73 07 4 684 01 59 102 6 410Claiborne 23 90 2 433 74 84 7 617 01 26 128 10 178Clay 36 77 1 037 61 95 1 747 01 28 36 2 820Cocke 24 48 2 804 73 85 8 459 01 67 191 11 454Coffee 30 48 5 870 67 62 13 023 01 90 366 19 259Crockett 30 36 1 669 68 81 3 783 00 84 46 5 498Cumberland 24 80 6 261 73 88 18 653 01 32 333 25 247Davidson 58 45 143 120 39 87 97 622 01 69 4 131 244 873Decatur 30 65 1 303 67 61 2 874 01 74 74 4 251DeKalb 33 85 2 174 64 51 4 143 01 64 105 6 422Dickson 34 95 6 233 63 34 11 296 01 72 306 17 835Dyer 27 22 3 757 71 89 9 921 00 88 122 13 800Fayette 34 17 6 688 64 83 12 689 01 01 197 19 574Fentress 22 64 1 561 76 04 5 243 01 32 91 6 895Franklin 34 76 5 603 63 66 10 262 01 58 254 16 119Gibson 33 38 6 564 65 51 12 883 01 12 220 19 667Giles 34 82 3 760 64 03 6 915 01 15 124 10 799Grainger 23 00 1 668 75 43 5 470 01 57 114 7 252Greene 26 06 6 225 72 19 17 245 01 75 417 23 887Grundy 38 78 1 643 59 38 2 516 01 84 78 4 237Hamblen 26 13 5 234 72 49 14 522 01 38 276 20 032Hamilton 41 67 58 836 56 62 79 933 01 71 2 412 141 181Hancock 23 22 475 74 63 1 527 02 15 44 2 046Hardeman 52 51 5 482 46 60 4 865 00 88 92 10 439Hardin 23 51 2 467 75 14 7 886 01 35 142 10 495Hawkins 25 70 5 088 72 65 14 382 01 65 327 19 797Haywood 60 36 4 569 39 11 2 960 00 53 40 7 569Henderson 25 03 2 517 73 80 7 421 01 16 117 10 055Henry 34 06 4 339 64 31 8 193 01 62 207 12 739Hickman 35 49 2 698 62 59 4 758 01 92 146 7 602Houston 46 25 1 400 52 16 1 579 01 59 48 3 027Humphreys 42 33 2 905 55 85 3 833 01 82 125 6 863Jackson 41 56 1 739 56 96 2 383 01 48 62 4 184Jefferson 24 10 4 232 74 25 13 038 01 65 289 17 559Johnson 23 94 1 483 74 44 4 611 01 61 100 6 194Knox 34 43 59 399 63 60 109 707 01 97 3 401 172 507Lake 42 36 884 55 73 1 163 01 92 40 2 087Lauderdale 46 16 4 011 53 12 4 616 00 71 62 8 689Lawrence 27 84 4 237 70 77 10 770 01 39 212 15 219Lewis 30 83 1 447 66 40 3 117 02 77 130 4 694Lincoln 24 80 3 290 73 88 9 803 01 32 175 13 268Loudon 22 91 5 058 75 69 16 707 01 40 308 22 073Macon 22 48 1 552 76 18 5 260 01 35 93 6 905Madison 45 13 18 367 54 03 21 993 00 84 342 40 702Marion 37 98 3 953 60 26 6 272 01 77 184 10 409Marshall 34 68 3 725 63 61 6 832 01 71 184 10 741Maury 35 83 11 825 62 74 20 708 01 43 473 33 006McMinn 25 84 4 609 72 71 12 967 01 45 258 17 834McNairy 26 98 2 645 71 57 7 015 01 45 142 9 802Meigs 29 34 1 163 68 97 2 734 01 69 67 3 964Monroe 26 76 4 372 71 80 11 731 01 44 235 16 338Montgomery 44 08 24 499 54 41 30 245 01 51 840 55 584Moore 25 19 705 73 35 2 053 01 46 41 2 799Morgan 26 52 1 725 71 79 4 669 01 69 110 6 504Obion 27 01 3 321 71 68 8 814 01 32 162 12 297Overton 36 60 2 805 62 30 4 775 01 10 84 7 664Perry 37 85 992 60 21 1 578 01 95 51 2 621Pickett 29 03 712 69 79 1 712 01 18 29 2 453Polk 30 63 1 856 67 80 4 108 01 57 95 6 059Putnam 30 60 7 802 67 66 17 254 01 74 444 25 500Rhea 24 82 2 628 73 67 7 802 01 51 160 10 590Roane 28 53 6 018 69 82 14 724 01 65 348 21 090Robertson 31 53 8 290 67 11 17 643 01 35 356 26 289Rutherford 36 84 36 414 61 56 60 846 01 61 1 588 98 848Scott 21 78 1 452 76 74 5 117 01 48 99 6 668Sequatchie 28 96 1 489 68 86 3 541 02 18 112 5 142Sevier 21 91 7 418 76 73 25 984 01 36 462 33 864Shelby 62 63 232 443 36 55 135 649 00 81 3 017 371 109Smith 34 85 2 470 63 43 4 495 01 72 122 7 087Stewart 40 45 2 069 57 93 2 963 01 62 83 5 115Sullivan 25 58 15 321 72 74 43 562 01 68 1 004 59 887Sumner 28 42 18 579 70 38 46 003 01 20 784 65 366Tipton 29 62 7 133 69 23 16 672 01 15 276 24 081Trousdale 42 69 1 240 55 49 1 612 01 82 53 2 905Unicoi 27 00 1 913 71 01 5 032 01 99 141 7 086Union 25 36 1 478 73 47 4 282 01 17 68 5 828Van Buren 38 04 875 60 26 1 386 01 70 39 2 300Warren 36 51 4 752 61 54 8 010 01 94 253 13 015Washington 29 82 14 325 68 30 32 808 01 87 899 48 032Wayne 21 20 1 163 77 52 4 253 01 28 70 5 486Weakley 28 76 3 548 69 75 8 605 01 49 184 12 337White 30 58 2 795 67 80 6 197 01 62 148 9 140Williamson 26 13 25 142 72 59 69 850 01 28 1 233 96 225Wilson 28 53 14 695 70 12 36 109 01 35 695 51 499Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Edit Houston largest city Erin Jackson largest town Gainesboro By congressional district Edit Mitt Romney swept the state and carried seven of the state s nine congressional districts all represented by Republicans Barack Obama carried the state s two congressional districts the 5th and 9th anchored by the two largest cities of Nashville and Memphis respectively 17 District Romney Obama Representative1st 72 7 25 7 Phil Roe2nd 67 3 30 9 John J Duncan Jr 3rd 63 3 35 1 Chuck Fleischmann4th 65 3 33 1 Scott DesJarlais5th 42 5 55 9 Jim Cooper6th 69 1 29 5 Diane Black7th 65 7 32 9 Marsha Blackburn8th 66 1 32 8 Stephen Fincher9th 20 9 78 3 Steve CohenSee also Edit2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Tennessee Republican Party 2012 Democratic Party presidential primariesReferences Edit Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Tennessee Retrieved 4 January 2013 Moskowitz Seth March 2 2020 The Road to 270 Tennessee 270toWin Retrieved 2020 11 29 U S Census Bureau QuickFacts Hardeman County Tennessee United States Census Bureau Retrieved November 29 2020 U S Census Bureau QuickFacts Haywood County Tennessee United States Census Bureau Retrieved November 29 2020 Rothenberg Stuart October 3 2017 What Happened to Mountain Republicans in the South Inside Elections Retrieved November 29 2020 Skelley Geoffrey County winners 1836 2016 Google Sheets Retrieved November 29 2020 State of Tennessee Democratic presidential primary PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2017 02 12 Retrieved 2016 09 17 State of Tennessee March 6 2012 Democratic Primary Presidential Preference PDF Tennessee Elections Tennessee Secretary of State Archived from the original PDF on February 12 2017 Retrieved September 17 2016 Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN Retrieved January 12 2012 Presidential Primary Dates PDF Federal Election Commission Retrieved January 23 2012 Nate Silver March 4 2012 Romney Could Win Majority of Super Tuesday Delegates FiveThirtyEight Retrieved March 5 2012 Tennessee Republican Primary Election Results The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2020 11 29 Election results March 2012 County totals dead link Tennessee Republican Primary Election Results via NYTimes com Tennessee CNN Retrieved 30 December 2022 Tennessee Fox News Fox 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