2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary

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2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
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  2008 March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) 2016  
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VT  

82 pledged delegates to the
2012 Democratic National Convention
  President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Uncommitted Delegates portrait.svg
Candidate Barack Obama Uncommitted
Home state Illinois N/A
Delegate count820
Popular vote80,35710,497
Percentage88.48%11.51%

2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary election results map by county (vote share).svg
Results by county
Obama:     60–65%     65–70%     70–75%     75–80%     80–85%     85–90%     90–95%     95–100%

The 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.

Contents

Incumbent President Barack Obama won the primary in a landslide, facing no major opposition to his candidacy.

Procedure

Pledged national
convention
delegates
TypeDel.
CD 1 5
CD 2 6
CD 3 5
CD 4 5
CD 5 7
CD 6 6
CD 7 6
CD 8 6
CD 9 7
PLEO11
At-large18
Total pledged delegates82

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. [1]

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 primary [2]
CandidateVotes%Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent)80,70588.48%82
Uncommitted 10,49711.51%
John Wolfe Jr. (write-in)70.01%
Total91,209100%82

Results by county

2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
(results per county)
[2]
CountyBarack
Obama
UncommittedJohn
Wolfe Jr.
Total
votes
cast
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Anderson 88784.64%15915.17%20.19%1,048
Bedford 25477.68%7322.32%00.00%327
Benton 52471.10%21328.90%00.00%737
Bledsoe 34877.33%10222.67%00.00%450
Blount 40287.77%5612.23%00.00%458
Bradley 41583.17%8416.83%00.00%499
Campbell 31679.00%8421.00%00.00%400
Cannon 11678.38%3221.62%00.00%148
Carroll 23886.23%3813.77%00.00%276
Carter 14385.12%2514.88%00.00%168
Cheatham 21488.07%2911.93%00.00%243
Chester 7283.72%1416.28%00.00%86
Claiborne 11784.17%2215.83%00.00%139
Clay 6090.91%69.09%00.00%66
Cocke 7589.29%910.71%00.00%84
Coffee 43080.37%10519.63%00.00%535
Crockett 32865.86%17034.14%00.00%498
Cumberland 59381.79%13218.21%00.00%725
Davidson 15,45294.28%9375.72%00.00%16,389
Decatur 10283.61%2016.39%00.00%122
Dekalb 58073.23%21226.77%00.00%792
Dickson 37488.84%4711.16%00.00%421
Dyer 20285.23%3514.77%00.00%237
Fayette 34795.86%154.14%00.00%362
Fentress 16590.16%189.84%00.00%183
Franklin 83878.83%22521.17%00.00%1,063
Gibson 59886.67%9213.33%00.00%690
Giles 22087.30%3212.70%00.00%252
Grainger 8181.82%1818.18%00.00%99
Greene 25787.41%3712.59%00.00%294
Grundy 23577.30%6922.70%00.00%304
Hamblen 20492.73%167.27%00.00%220
Hamilton 4,95695.81%2144.14%30.06%5,173
Hancock 22100.00%00.00%00.00%22
Hardeman 96878.32%26821.68%00.00%1,236
Hardin 10682.17%2317.83%00.00%129
Hawkins 30479.58%7820.42%00.00%382
Haywood 47397.73%112.27%00.00%484
Henderson 5080.65%1219.35%00.00%62
Henry 79765.70%41634.30%00.00%1,213
Hickman 15384.07%2915.93%00.00%182
Houston 11591.27%118.73%00.00%126
Humphreys 25889.58%3010.42%00.00%288
Jackson 17282.30%3717.70%00.00%209
Jefferson 17188.60%2211.40%00.00%193
Johnson 9088.24%1211.76%00.00%102
Knox 2,46491.23%2378.77%00.00%2,701
Lake 7087.50%1012.50%00.00%80
Lauderdale 21087.50%3012.50%00.00%240
Lawrence 19180.93%4519.07%00.00%236
Lewis 7679.17%2020.83%00.00%96
Lincoln 21285.83%3514.17%00.00%247
Loudon 28591.35%278.65%00.00%312
Macon 9585.59%1614.41%00.00%111
Madison 72394.39%435.61%00.00%766
Marion 1,33763.46%76836.45%20.09%2,107
Marshall 19385.78%3214.22%00.00%225
Maury 1,80186.50%28113.50%00.00%2,082
McMinn 26586.32%4213.68%00.00%307
Mcnairy 17383.57%3416.43%00.00%207
Meigs 18285.85%3014.15%00.00%212
Monroe 20791.59%198.41%00.00%226
Montgomery 1,32691.13%1298.87%00.00%1,455
Moore 3485.00%615.00%00.00%40
Morgan 7679.17%2020.83%00.00%96
Obion 16978.24%4721.76%00.00%216
Overton 84475.76%27024.24%00.00%1,114
Perry 6187.14%912.86%00.00%70
Pickett 2395.83%14.17%00.00%24
Polk 71170.33%30029.67%00.00%1,011
Putnam 1,11968.02%52631.98%00.00%1,645
Rhea 28877.21%8522.79%00.00%373
Roane 33582.51%7117.49%00.00%406
Robertson 35684.36%6615.64%00.00%422
Rutherford 1,75387.61%24812.39%00.00%2,001
Scott 30283.43%6016.57%00.00%362
Sequatchie 14181.03%3318.97%00.00%174
Sevier 35481.94%7818.06%00.00%432
Shelby 22,82798.23%4121.77%00.00%23,239
Smith 17685.44%3014.56%00.00%206
Stewart 29089.23%3510.77%00.00%325
Sullivan 44286.33%7013.67%00.00%512
Sumner 1,66586.36%26313.64%00.00%1,928
Tipton 23787.78%3312.22%00.00%270
Trousdale 14093.33%106.67%00.00%150
Unicoi 5277.61%1522.39%00.00%67
Union 6669.47%2930.53%00.00%95
Van Buren 34671.93%13528.07%00.00%481
Warren 2,11664.45%1,16735.55%00.00%3,283
Washington 38085.97%6214.03%00.00%442
Wayne 6589.04%810.96%00.00%73
Weakley 25275.68%8124.32%00.00%333
White 19975.67%6424.33%00.00%263
Williamson 55990.45%599.55%00.00%618
Wilson 69585.59%11714.41%00.00%812
Total80,70588.48%10,49711.51%70.01%91,209

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