November 8, 2016 2020 → 11 0 60.7% 34.7% | Turnout 61.92% 1,522,925 870,695 Date 8 November 2016 | |
Trump
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90% Clinton
50-60%
60-70% | ||
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 District of Columbia participated. Tennessee voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
Contents
On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Tennessee voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian 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.
Donald Trump won the election in Tennessee with 61.1% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 34.9% of the vote. This is the largest margin of victory for a presidential candidate for either party since 1972 with Richard Nixon, and the first time since that either party has earned over 60% of the vote in Tennessee.
Background
Tennessee has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1996. In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the state by a margin of more than twenty points, due to the unpopularity of the Obama Administration in a conservative state. Sometimes however Democrats may do well in the urban regions of Memphis 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.