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The 2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. [2] Tennessee voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Tennessee has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College. [3]
Trump won Tennessee with 60.66% of the vote, almost tied with his 60.72% vote share in 2016. Despite this, Biden got 37.45% of the vote, three points better than Hillary Clinton. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Trump would win, or a safe red state. Tennessee has not supported a Democrat for president since 1996. Biden won the same counties as Clinton did: urban Shelby and Davidson counties—anchored by Memphis and Nashville, respectively—as well as majority-Black Haywood County. In addition, Trump performed somewhat better than polls anticipated, as they had Trump leading Biden by 55%–41%. [4] Biden also became the first Democrat to win the presidency without Hardeman County. [5]
Despite this, Biden was able to improve his support in the Nashville metropolitan area, gaining 64.5% of the vote in Davidson County, the best Democratic performance in the county since FDR won 72.1% of the vote in 1944. At the same time, Biden also made gains in the Nashville suburban counties of Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Sumner, and Cheatham, performing considerably better than Hillary Clinton in 2016. For example, Biden lost Rutherford County, anchored by Murfreesboro, only by 15.4%, much lower than Clinton's 25.9-point loss in 2016. Additionally, he narrowed Trump's margins in Hamilton County—anchored by Chattanooga—only losing it by 9.7 points, the best Democratic performance there since Bill Clinton lost the county by 6.5% in 1996; and with 44.1% of the popular vote, the best Democratic percentage since Carter's 48% in 1976, consequently losing by 2.8 points. This is the first time a Democrat has even garnered 40% of the vote in Rutherford County since 2000, when favorite son Al Gore lost the county by 9.7 points while at the same time losing both his home state and the election.
Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Trump's strength in Tennessee came from a 69% showing among Southern whites, who made up 84% of the electorate. Similarly, Trump carried white born-again/Evangelical Christians by 86%–12%. The state of Tennessee is entirely covered in the Bible Belt. The only strength Biden showed was with 88% of African-American voters. 65% of voters opposed removing Confederate statues from public places in Tennessee, and these voters backed Trump by 83%–15%. [6]
The Democratic primary was on March 3, 2020. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and former Vice President Joe Biden were among the major declared candidates. [7] [8] Former vice president Joe Biden easily decided the primary, winning almost 42% of the vote and 36 delegates and benefitting from overwhelming African-American support, as well as rural support among predominantly white working-class voters. Senator Bernie Sanders took 25% of the vote gaining 22 delegates, while former mayor Michael Bloomberg reached the threshold with slightly more than 15% but was not allocated any statewide delegates due to his withdrawal the next day. Otherwise Biden would have had 33 delegates, Sanders 20 delegates and Bloomberg 10 delegates. Senator Elizabeth Warren received a single district delegate.
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates [10] |
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Joe Biden | 215,390 | 41.72 | 36 [lower-alpha 1] |
Bernie Sanders | 129,168 | 25.02 | 22 [lower-alpha 2] |
Michael Bloomberg | 79,789 | 15.46 | 5 [lower-alpha 3] |
Elizabeth Warren | 53,732 | 10.41 | 1 |
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 4] | 17,102 | 3.31 | |
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 4] | 10,671 | 2.07 | |
Tulsi Gabbard | 2,278 | 0.44 | |
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) [lower-alpha 4] | 1,932 | 0.37 | |
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) | 1,650 | 0.32 | |
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) | 1,097 | 0.21 | |
Cory Booker (withdrawn) | 953 | 0.18 | |
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn) | 498 | 0.10 | |
John Delaney (withdrawn) | 378 | 0.07 | |
Julian Castro (withdrawn) | 239 | 0.05 | |
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) | 182 | 0.04 | |
Uncommitted | 1,191 | 0.23 | |
Total | 516,250 | 100% | 64 |
The Republican primary was on March 3, 2020. Incumbent President Donald Trump won the state in a landslide getting 96.5% of the vote and all 58 delegates
Former Tennessee senator Bob Corker was considered a potential primary opponent for Trump. [11]
Candidate | Votes | % | Estimated delegates |
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Donald Trump (incumbent) | 384,266 | 96.47 | 58 |
Joe Walsh (withdrawn) | 4,178 | 1.05 | 0 |
Bill Weld | 3,922 | 0.98 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 5,948 | 1.49 | 0 |
Total | 398,314 | 100% | 58 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [13] | Safe R | September 10, 2020 |
Inside Elections [14] | Safe R | September 4, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] | Safe R | July 14, 2020 |
Politico [16] | Safe R | September 8, 2020 |
RCP [17] | Safe R | August 3, 2020 |
Niskanen [18] | Safe R | July 26, 2020 |
CNN [19] | Safe R | August 3, 2020 |
The Economist [20] | Safe R | September 2, 2020 |
CBS News [21] | Likely R | August 16, 2020 |
270towin [22] | Safe R | August 2, 2020 |
ABC News [23] | Safe R | July 31, 2020 |
NPR [24] | Likely R | August 3, 2020 |
NBC News [25] | Safe R | August 6, 2020 |
538 [26] | Safe R | September 9, 2020 |
Graphical summary
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Aggregate polls
Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other/ Undecided [lower-alpha 5] | Margin |
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RealClearPolitics [27] | Jan 28, 2020 – May 22, 2020 | September 15, 2020 | 39.0% | 53.0% | 8.0% | Trump +14.0 |
FiveThirtyEight [28] | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 41.4% | 55.1% | 3.5% | Trump +13.7 |
Average | 40.2% | 54.1% | 5.7% | Trump +13.9 |
Polls
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 6] | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Howie Hawkins Green | Other | Undecided |
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SurveyMonkey/Axios [29] | Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 | 3,342 (LV) | ± 2.5% | 54% [lower-alpha 7] | 45% | – | – | – | – |
Swayable [30] | Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020 | 485 (LV) | ± 5.9% | 58% | 41% | 1% | 0% | – | – |
SurveyMonkey/Axios [29] | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 5,099 (LV) | – | 56% | 42% | – | – | – | – |
SurveyMonkey/Axios [29] | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 2,329 (LV) | – | 58% | 41% | – | – | – | 2% |
SurveyMonkey/Axios [29] | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 1,796 (LV) | – | 59% | 40% | – | – | – | 1% |
SurveyMonkey/Axios [29] | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 2,481 (LV) | – | 61% | 38% | – | – | – | 2% |
SurveyMonkey/Axios [29] | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 1,092 (LV) | – | 61% | 37% | – | – | – | 2% |
SSRS/Vanderbilt University [31] | May 5–22, 2020 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 51% | 42% | – | – | 5% [lower-alpha 8] | 2% |
East Tennessee State University [32] | Apr 22 – May 1, 2020 | 536 (LV) | – | 53% | 36% | – | – | 6% | 5% |
Mason-Dixon [33] | Jan 28–30, 2020 | 625 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 55% | 39% | – | – | – | 6% |
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Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg
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These slates of electors were nominated by each party in order to vote in the Electoral College should their candidates win the state: [34]
Donald Trump and Mike Pence Republican Party | Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Democratic Party | Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen Libertarian Party | Kanye West and Michelle Tidball Independent | Don Blankenship and William Mohr Constitution Party | Howie Hawkins and Angela Nicole Walker Green Party | Alyson Kennedy and Malcom Jarrett Socialist Workers Party | Gloria La Riva and Sunil Freeman Party for Socialism and Liberation | Rocky De La Fuente and Darcy Richardson Alliance Party | Brian T. Carroll and Amar Patel American Solidarity Party | Jade Simmons and Claudeliah Roze Independent | Tom Hoefling and Andy Prior Independent | R19 Boddie and Eric Stoneham Independent | Kasey Wells and Rachel Wells Independent |
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Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence | 1,852,475 | 60.66% | −0.06% | |
Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 1,143,711 | 37.45% | +2.73% | |
Independent [lower-alpha 9] | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen | 29,877 | 0.98% | −1.83% | |
Independent | Kanye West Michelle Tidball | 10,279 | 0.34% | N/A | |
Independent [lower-alpha 10] | Don Blankenship William Mohr | 5,365 | 0.18% | +0.12% | |
Independent [lower-alpha 11] | Howie Hawkins Angela Walker | 4,545 | 0.15% | −0.49% | |
Independent [lower-alpha 12] | Alyson Kennedy Malcolm Jarrett | 2,576 | 0.08% | −0.04% | |
Independent [lower-alpha 13] | Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman | 2,301 | 0.08% | N/A | |
Independent [lower-alpha 14] | Rocky De La Fuente Darcy Richardson | 1,860 | 0.06% | −0.10% | |
American Solidarity | Brian T. Carroll (write-in) Amar Patel (write-in) | 762 | 0.02% | N/A | |
Independent | Jade Simmons (write-in) Claudeliah Roze (write-in) | 68 | 0.00% | N/A | |
Independent | Tom Hoefling (write-in) Andy Prior (write-in) | 31 | 0.00% | N/A | |
Independent | R19 Boddie (write-in) Eric Stoneham (write-in) | 1 | 0.00% | N/A | |
Independent | Kasey Wells (write-in) Rachel Wells (write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | N/A | |
Total votes | 3,053,851 | 100.00% | |||
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Trump won all three of Tennessee's Grand Divisions—West, Middle, and East Tennessee. Middle and East Tennessee are solidly Republican, while West Tennessee, owing to its high black population, was formerly loyal to the Democrats. It has become competitive for Republicans in recent elections. In 2016, Trump had won it with 48.93% to Clinton's 47.82%. Democrats had previously won in West Tennessee in 2004, 2008, and 2012. [36]
Grand Division | Trump | Biden |
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West | 49.43% | 49.06% |
Middle | 59.20% | 38.67% |
East | 68.97% | 29.27% |
Trump won 7 of 9 congressional districts. [37]
District | Trump | Biden | Representative |
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1st | 76.2% | 22.1% | Phil Roe |
Diana Harshbarger | |||
2nd | 63.6% | 34.5% | Tim Burchett |
3rd | 65.3% | 32.9% | Chuck Fleischmann |
4th | 67.5% | 30.7% | Scott DesJarlais |
5th | 36.7% | 60.3% | Jim Cooper |
6th | 72.7% | 25.6% | John W. Rose |
7th | 66.9% | 31.3% | Mark E. Green |
8th | 65.4% | 33.2% | David Kustoff |
9th | 19.9% | 78.5% | Steve Cohen |
County | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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Anderson | 23,184 | 65.18% | 11,741 | 33.01% | 645 | 1.81% | 11,443 | 32.17% | 35,570 |
Bedford | 14,354 | 75.20% | 4,453 | 23.33% | 281 | 1.47% | 9,901 | 51.87% | 19,088 |
Benton | 5,668 | 78.07% | 1,529 | 21.06% | 63 | 0.87% | 4,139 | 57.01% | 7,260 |
Bledsoe | 4,725 | 82.06% | 971 | 16.86% | 62 | 1.08% | 3,754 | 65.20% | 5,758 |
Blount | 47,369 | 71.12% | 17,932 | 26.92% | 1,308 | 1.96% | 29,437 | 44.20% | 66,609 |
Bradley | 35,204 | 76.76% | 9,851 | 21.48% | 810 | 1.76% | 25,353 | 55.28% | 45,865 |
Campbell | 12,331 | 82.58% | 2,441 | 16.35% | 161 | 1.07% | 9,890 | 66.23% | 14,933 |
Cannon | 5,190 | 79.15% | 1,261 | 19.23% | 106 | 1.62% | 3,929 | 59.92% | 6,557 |
Carroll | 9,205 | 77.32% | 2,559 | 21.50% | 141 | 1.18% | 6,646 | 55.82% | 11,905 |
Carter | 19,584 | 79.96% | 4,529 | 18.49% | 379 | 1.55% | 15,055 | 61.47% | 24,492 |
Cheatham | 14,438 | 71.26% | 5,514 | 27.22% | 308 | 1.52% | 8,924 | 44.04% | 20,260 |
Chester | 5,952 | 78.48% | 1,412 | 18.62% | 220 | 2.90% | 4,540 | 59.86% | 7,584 |
Claiborne | 10,604 | 81.92% | 2,202 | 17.01% | 139 | 1.07% | 8,402 | 64.91% | 12,945 |
Clay | 2,733 | 77.95% | 735 | 20.96% | 38 | 1.09% | 1,998 | 56.99% | 3,506 |
Cocke | 12,162 | 81.85% | 2,533 | 17.05% | 164 | 1.10% | 9,629 | 64.80% | 14,859 |
Coffee | 17,883 | 73.65% | 5,705 | 23.49% | 694 | 2.86% | 12,178 | 50.16% | 24,282 |
Crockett | 4,673 | 76.43% | 1,382 | 22.60% | 59 | 0.97% | 3,291 | 53.83% | 6,114 |
Cumberland | 25,168 | 77.97% | 6,728 | 20.84% | 383 | 1.19% | 18,440 | 57.13% | 32,279 |
Davidson | 100,218 | 32.36% | 199,703 | 64.49% | 9,737 | 3.15% | −99,485 | −32.13% | 309,658 |
Decatur | 4,229 | 80.69% | 904 | 17.25% | 108 | 2.06% | 3,325 | 63.44% | 5,241 |
DeKalb | 6,672 | 78.37% | 1,750 | 20.56% | 91 | 1.07% | 4,922 | 57.81% | 8,513 |
Dickson | 17,643 | 72.54% | 6,106 | 25.10% | 574 | 2.36% | 11,537 | 47.44% | 24,323 |
Dyer | 11,768 | 78.04% | 3,158 | 20.94% | 153 | 1.02% | 8,610 | 57.10% | 15,079 |
Fayette | 15,690 | 68.26% | 7,027 | 30.57% | 267 | 1.17% | 8,663 | 37.69% | 22,984 |
Fentress | 7,441 | 85.24% | 1,214 | 13.91% | 74 | 0.85% | 6,227 | 71.33% | 8,729 |
Franklin | 13,987 | 73.11% | 4,864 | 25.42% | 281 | 1.47% | 9,123 | 47.69% | 19,132 |
Gibson | 16,259 | 72.80% | 5,771 | 25.84% | 305 | 1.36% | 10,488 | 46.96% | 22,335 |
Giles | 9,784 | 74.10% | 3,298 | 24.98% | 121 | 0.92% | 6,486 | 49.12% | 13,203 |
Grainger | 8,565 | 84.52% | 1,467 | 14.48% | 102 | 1.00% | 7,098 | 70.04% | 10,134 |
Greene | 22,259 | 79.25% | 5,199 | 18.51% | 629 | 2.24% | 17,060 | 60.74% | 28,087 |
Grundy | 4,802 | 82.02% | 988 | 16.87% | 65 | 1.11% | 3,814 | 65.15% | 5,855 |
Hamblen | 18,811 | 76.37% | 5,500 | 22.33% | 320 | 1.30% | 13,311 | 54.04% | 24,631 |
Hamilton | 92,108 | 53.83% | 75,522 | 44.14% | 3,483 | 2.03% | 16,586 | 9.69% | 171,113 |
Hancock | 2,372 | 86.44% | 362 | 13.19% | 10 | 0.37% | 2,010 | 73.25% | 2,744 |
Hardeman | 5,760 | 57.24% | 4,180 | 41.54% | 123 | 1.22% | 1,580 | 15.70% | 10,063 |
Hardin | 9,559 | 82.85% | 1,775 | 15.38% | 204 | 1.77% | 7,784 | 67.47% | 11,538 |
Hawkins | 20,405 | 82.20% | 4,083 | 16.45% | 336 | 1.35% | 16,322 | 65.75% | 24,824 |
Haywood | 3,343 | 44.94% | 4,012 | 53.93% | 84 | 1.13% | −669 | −8.99% | 7,439 |
Henderson | 9,797 | 81.51% | 2,092 | 17.40% | 131 | 1.09% | 7,705 | 64.11% | 12,020 |
Henry | 11,239 | 74.69% | 3,548 | 23.58% | 260 | 1.73% | 7,691 | 51.11% | 15,047 |
Hickman | 7,577 | 77.06% | 2,130 | 21.66% | 125 | 1.28% | 5,447 | 55.40% | 9,832 |
Houston | 2,718 | 73.74% | 871 | 23.63% | 97 | 2.63% | 1,847 | 50.11% | 3,686 |
Humphreys | 6,120 | 74.31% | 2,017 | 24.49% | 99 | 1.20% | 4,103 | 49.82% | 8,236 |
Jackson | 4,118 | 77.36% | 1,135 | 21.32% | 70 | 1.32% | 2,983 | 56.04% | 5,323 |
Jefferson | 18,651 | 78.98% | 4,654 | 19.71% | 311 | 1.31% | 13,997 | 59.27% | 23,616 |
Johnson | 6,468 | 82.91% | 1,246 | 15.97% | 87 | 1.12% | 5,222 | 66.94% | 7,801 |
Knox | 124,540 | 56.47% | 91,422 | 41.45% | 4,594 | 2.08% | 33,118 | 15.02% | 220,556 |
Lake | 1,492 | 73.35% | 526 | 25.86% | 16 | 0.79% | 966 | 47.49% | 2,034 |
Lauderdale | 5,674 | 63.29% | 3,193 | 35.62% | 98 | 1.09% | 2,481 | 27.67% | 8,965 |
Lawrence | 15,334 | 81.92% | 3,195 | 17.07% | 189 | 1.01% | 12,139 | 64.85% | 18,718 |
Lewis | 4,474 | 79.76% | 1,072 | 19.11% | 63 | 1.13% | 3,402 | 60.65% | 5,609 |
Lincoln | 12,281 | 78.68% | 2,919 | 18.70% | 408 | 2.62% | 9,362 | 59.98% | 15,608 |
Loudon | 21,713 | 73.99% | 6,948 | 23.68% | 686 | 2.33% | 14,765 | 50.31% | 29,347 |
Macon | 8,096 | 85.34% | 1,307 | 13.78% | 84 | 0.88% | 6,789 | 71.56% | 9,487 |
Madison | 23,943 | 55.75% | 18,390 | 42.82% | 617 | 1.43% | 5,553 | 12.93% | 42,950 |
Marion | 9,911 | 74.77% | 3,177 | 23.97% | 168 | 1.26% | 6,734 | 50.80% | 13,256 |
Marshall | 11,043 | 74.22% | 3,605 | 24.23% | 230 | 1.55% | 7,438 | 49.99% | 14,878 |
Maury | 31,464 | 67.44% | 14,418 | 30.90% | 775 | 1.66% | 17,046 | 36.54% | 46,657 |
McMinn | 18,198 | 79.66% | 4,361 | 19.09% | 285 | 1.25% | 13,837 | 60.57% | 22,844 |
McNairy | 9,093 | 80.65% | 1,943 | 17.23% | 239 | 2.12% | 7,150 | 63.42% | 11,275 |
Meigs | 4,467 | 80.75% | 1,008 | 18.22% | 57 | 1.03% | 3,459 | 62.53% | 5,532 |
Monroe | 16,783 | 80.70% | 3,764 | 18.10% | 250 | 1.20% | 13,019 | 62.60% | 20,797 |
Montgomery | 42,187 | 54.96% | 32,472 | 42.30% | 2,099 | 2.74% | 9,715 | 12.66% | 76,758 |
Moore | 2,888 | 81.60% | 573 | 16.19% | 78 | 2.21% | 2,315 | 65.41% | 3,539 |
Morgan | 6,930 | 84.22% | 1,167 | 14.18% | 131 | 1.60% | 5,763 | 70.04% | 8,228 |
Obion | 10,790 | 79.80% | 2,589 | 19.15% | 142 | 1.05% | 8,201 | 60.65% | 13,521 |
Overton | 7,918 | 78.89% | 2,033 | 20.26% | 86 | 0.85% | 5,885 | 58.63% | 10,037 |
Perry | 2,775 | 80.95% | 615 | 17.94% | 38 | 1.11% | 2,160 | 63.01% | 3,428 |
Pickett | 2,381 | 81.24% | 525 | 17.91% | 25 | 0.85% | 1,856 | 63.33% | 2,931 |
Polk | 6,792 | 81.24% | 1,492 | 17.85% | 76 | 0.91% | 5,300 | 63.39% | 8,360 |
Putnam | 23,759 | 70.73% | 9,185 | 27.34% | 649 | 1.93% | 14,574 | 43.39% | 33,593 |
Rhea | 11,050 | 81.03% | 2,369 | 17.37% | 218 | 1.60% | 8,681 | 63.66% | 13,637 |
Roane | 19,230 | 74.20% | 6,043 | 23.32% | 644 | 2.48% | 13,187 | 50.88% | 25,917 |
Robertson | 24,536 | 72.77% | 8,692 | 25.78% | 489 | 1.45% | 15,844 | 46.99% | 33,717 |
Rutherford | 81,480 | 56.63% | 59,341 | 41.24% | 3,057 | 2.13% | 22,139 | 15.39% | 143,878 |
Scott | 8,004 | 88.42% | 986 | 10.89% | 62 | 0.69% | 7,018 | 77.53% | 9,052 |
Sequatchie | 5,855 | 80.74% | 1,298 | 17.90% | 99 | 1.36% | 4,557 | 62.84% | 7,252 |
Sevier | 33,783 | 77.60% | 8,721 | 20.03% | 1,031 | 2.37% | 25,062 | 57.57% | 43,535 |
Shelby | 129,815 | 33.98% | 246,105 | 64.42% | 6,135 | 1.60% | −116,290 | −30.44% | 382,055 |
Smith | 7,136 | 78.84% | 1,802 | 19.91% | 113 | 1.25% | 5,334 | 58.93% | 9,051 |
Stewart | 4,950 | 78.62% | 1,232 | 19.57% | 114 | 1.81% | 3,718 | 59.05% | 6,296 |
Sullivan | 55,860 | 75.12% | 17,272 | 23.23% | 1,225 | 1.65% | 38,588 | 51.89% | 74,357 |
Sumner | 63,454 | 68.50% | 27,680 | 29.88% | 1,496 | 1.62% | 35,774 | 38.62% | 92,630 |
Tipton | 20,070 | 73.49% | 6,837 | 25.04% | 401 | 1.47% | 13,233 | 48.45% | 27,308 |
Trousdale | 2,936 | 73.44% | 1,012 | 25.31% | 50 | 1.25% | 1,924 | 48.13% | 3,998 |
Unicoi | 6,599 | 79.44% | 1,615 | 19.44% | 93 | 1.12% | 4,984 | 60.00% | 8,307 |
Union | 6,803 | 83.75% | 1,249 | 15.38% | 71 | 0.87% | 5,554 | 68.37% | 8,123 |
Van Buren | 2,342 | 80.18% | 544 | 18.62% | 35 | 1.20% | 1,798 | 61.56% | 2,921 |
Warren | 11,850 | 74.02% | 3,924 | 24.51% | 235 | 1.47% | 7,926 | 49.51% | 16,009 |
Washington | 40,444 | 67.18% | 18,638 | 30.96% | 1,121 | 1.86% | 21,806 | 36.22% | 60,203 |
Wayne | 5,795 | 86.89% | 820 | 12.30% | 54 | 0.81% | 4,975 | 74.59% | 6,669 |
Weakley | 10,396 | 75.69% | 3,020 | 21.99% | 319 | 2.32% | 7,376 | 53.70% | 13,735 |
White | 9,606 | 80.76% | 2,143 | 18.02% | 146 | 1.22% | 7,463 | 62.74% | 11,895 |
Williamson | 86,469 | 62.20% | 50,161 | 36.08% | 2,386 | 1.72% | 36,308 | 26.12% | 139,016 |
Wilson | 50,296 | 67.67% | 22,254 | 29.94% | 1,780 | 2.39% | 28,042 | 37.73% | 74,330 |
Totals | 1,852,475 | 60.66% | 1,143,711 | 37.45% | 57,665 | 1.89% | 708,764 | 23.21% | 3,053,851 |
Winning the state by 708,764 votes, Tennessee gave Trump his largest margin of victory by the number of votes nationally. This exceeded the 631,221-vote margin by which he won in Texas, marking the first time since 1988 (when Florida provided the largest margin of victory) where Texas did not provide the Republican presidential nominee with his widest margin of votes for a statewide victory. Additionally, this is the second consecutive election in which a nominee carried over 60% of Tennessee's vote, the first time since 1996 that Tennessee and neighboring Georgia did not vote for the same candidate, and the first time since 1980 that Tennessee was won by the Republicans while Georgia was won by the Democrats.
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