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2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
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82 pledged delegates to the
2012 Democratic National Convention
 
Candidate Barack Obama Uncommitted
Home state Illinois N/A
Delegate count 82 0
Popular vote 80,357 10,497
Percentage 88.48% 11.51%
County results
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.

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

Procedure

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Pledged national
convention delegates
Type Del.
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
PLEO 11
At-large 18
Total pledged delegates 82

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

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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]
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent) 80,705 88.48% 82
Uncommitted 10,497 11.51%
John Wolfe Jr. (write-in) 7 0.01%
Total 91,209 100% 82

Results by county

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2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
(results per county)[2]
County Barack
Obama 		Uncommitted John
Wolfe Jr. 		Total
votes
cast
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Anderson 887 84.64% 159 15.17% 2 0.19% 1,048
Bedford 254 77.68% 73 22.32% 0 0.00% 327
Benton 524 71.10% 213 28.90% 0 0.00% 737
Bledsoe 348 77.33% 102 22.67% 0 0.00% 450
Blount 402 87.77% 56 12.23% 0 0.00% 458
Bradley 415 83.17% 84 16.83% 0 0.00% 499
Campbell 316 79.00% 84 21.00% 0 0.00% 400
Cannon 116 78.38% 32 21.62% 0 0.00% 148
Carroll 238 86.23% 38 13.77% 0 0.00% 276
Carter 143 85.12% 25 14.88% 0 0.00% 168
Cheatham 214 88.07% 29 11.93% 0 0.00% 243
Chester 72 83.72% 14 16.28% 0 0.00% 86
Claiborne 117 84.17% 22 15.83% 0 0.00% 139
Clay 60 90.91% 6 9.09% 0 0.00% 66
Cocke 75 89.29% 9 10.71% 0 0.00% 84
Coffee 430 80.37% 105 19.63% 0 0.00% 535
Crockett 328 65.86% 170 34.14% 0 0.00% 498
Cumberland 593 81.79% 132 18.21% 0 0.00% 725
Davidson 15,452 94.28% 937 5.72% 0 0.00% 16,389
Decatur 102 83.61% 20 16.39% 0 0.00% 122
Dekalb 580 73.23% 212 26.77% 0 0.00% 792
Dickson 374 88.84% 47 11.16% 0 0.00% 421
Dyer 202 85.23% 35 14.77% 0 0.00% 237
Fayette 347 95.86% 15 4.14% 0 0.00% 362
Fentress 165 90.16% 18 9.84% 0 0.00% 183
Franklin 838 78.83% 225 21.17% 0 0.00% 1,063
Gibson 598 86.67% 92 13.33% 0 0.00% 690
Giles 220 87.30% 32 12.70% 0 0.00% 252
Grainger 81 81.82% 18 18.18% 0 0.00% 99
Greene 257 87.41% 37 12.59% 0 0.00% 294
Grundy 235 77.30% 69 22.70% 0 0.00% 304
Hamblen 204 92.73% 16 7.27% 0 0.00% 220
Hamilton 4,956 95.81% 214 4.14% 3 0.06% 5,173
Hancock 22 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 22
Hardeman 968 78.32% 268 21.68% 0 0.00% 1,236
Hardin 106 82.17% 23 17.83% 0 0.00% 129
Hawkins 304 79.58% 78 20.42% 0 0.00% 382
Haywood 473 97.73% 11 2.27% 0 0.00% 484
Henderson 50 80.65% 12 19.35% 0 0.00% 62
Henry 797 65.70% 416 34.30% 0 0.00% 1,213
Hickman 153 84.07% 29 15.93% 0 0.00% 182
Houston 115 91.27% 11 8.73% 0 0.00% 126
Humphreys 258 89.58% 30 10.42% 0 0.00% 288
Jackson 172 82.30% 37 17.70% 0 0.00% 209
Jefferson 171 88.60% 22 11.40% 0 0.00% 193
Johnson 90 88.24% 12 11.76% 0 0.00% 102
Knox 2,464 91.23% 237 8.77% 0 0.00% 2,701
Lake 70 87.50% 10 12.50% 0 0.00% 80
Lauderdale 210 87.50% 30 12.50% 0 0.00% 240
Lawrence 191 80.93% 45 19.07% 0 0.00% 236
Lewis 76 79.17% 20 20.83% 0 0.00% 96
Lincoln 212 85.83% 35 14.17% 0 0.00% 247
Loudon 285 91.35% 27 8.65% 0 0.00% 312
Macon 95 85.59% 16 14.41% 0 0.00% 111
Madison 723 94.39% 43 5.61% 0 0.00% 766
Marion 1,337 63.46% 768 36.45% 2 0.09% 2,107
Marshall 193 85.78% 32 14.22% 0 0.00% 225
Maury 1,801 86.50% 281 13.50% 0 0.00% 2,082
McMinn 265 86.32% 42 13.68% 0 0.00% 307
Mcnairy 173 83.57% 34 16.43% 0 0.00% 207
Meigs 182 85.85% 30 14.15% 0 0.00% 212
Monroe 207 91.59% 19 8.41% 0 0.00% 226
Montgomery 1,326 91.13% 129 8.87% 0 0.00% 1,455
Moore 34 85.00% 6 15.00% 0 0.00% 40
Morgan 76 79.17% 20 20.83% 0 0.00% 96
Obion 169 78.24% 47 21.76% 0 0.00% 216
Overton 844 75.76% 270 24.24% 0 0.00% 1,114
Perry 61 87.14% 9 12.86% 0 0.00% 70
Pickett 23 95.83% 1 4.17% 0 0.00% 24
Polk 711 70.33% 300 29.67% 0 0.00% 1,011
Putnam 1,119 68.02% 526 31.98% 0 0.00% 1,645
Rhea 288 77.21% 85 22.79% 0 0.00% 373
Roane 335 82.51% 71 17.49% 0 0.00% 406
Robertson 356 84.36% 66 15.64% 0 0.00% 422
Rutherford 1,753 87.61% 248 12.39% 0 0.00% 2,001
Scott 302 83.43% 60 16.57% 0 0.00% 362
Sequatchie 141 81.03% 33 18.97% 0 0.00% 174
Sevier 354 81.94% 78 18.06% 0 0.00% 432
Shelby 22,827 98.23% 412 1.77% 0 0.00% 23,239
Smith 176 85.44% 30 14.56% 0 0.00% 206
Stewart 290 89.23% 35 10.77% 0 0.00% 325
Sullivan 442 86.33% 70 13.67% 0 0.00% 512
Sumner 1,665 86.36% 263 13.64% 0 0.00% 1,928
Tipton 237 87.78% 33 12.22% 0 0.00% 270
Trousdale 140 93.33% 10 6.67% 0 0.00% 150
Unicoi 52 77.61% 15 22.39% 0 0.00% 67
Union 66 69.47% 29 30.53% 0 0.00% 95
Van Buren 346 71.93% 135 28.07% 0 0.00% 481
Warren 2,116 64.45% 1,167 35.55% 0 0.00% 3,283
Washington 380 85.97% 62 14.03% 0 0.00% 442
Wayne 65 89.04% 8 10.96% 0 0.00% 73
Weakley 252 75.68% 81 24.32% 0 0.00% 333
White 199 75.67% 64 24.33% 0 0.00% 263
Williamson 559 90.45% 59 9.55% 0 0.00% 618
Wilson 695 85.59% 117 14.41% 0 0.00% 812
Total 80,705 88.48% 10,497 11.51% 7 0.01% 91,209

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2012". The Green Papers. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "DemPresStateCertCountyTotals.pdf" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2020.
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