The 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus the

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participated.

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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman

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, and running mate

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Mike Pence against

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nominee, former Secretary of State

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and her running mate, Virginia Senator

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. On March 1, 2016, in the

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, Tennessee voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and

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parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote. Trump won the election in the Volunteer State with 60.7% of the vote. Clinton received 34.7% of the vote. This is the largest margin of victory for a presidential candidate for either party in the state since 1972 with

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, and also the first time since that either party has earned over 60% of the vote in Tennessee. Tennessee was one of eleven states won by

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in 1992 and 1996 but lost by Hillary Clinton.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

; Results

Republican primary

Polling

General election

Voting History

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and Nashville, while Republicans dominate the rural and suburban areas. Tennessee is considered a safe Republican state. In 2016, it stayed that way with Trump winning the state with 60.7% of the vote.

Predictions

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Results

By congressional district

Trump won 7 of 9 congressional districts.

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Hardeman (largest city: Bolivar)

References

External links

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions

Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Tennessee
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