United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2012

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2012

2008 ← November 6, 2012 → 2016

Nominee Mitt Romney Barack Obama Party Republican Democratic Home state Massachusetts Illinois Running mate Paul Ryan Joe Biden Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 1,462,330 960,709 Percentage 59.48% 39.08%

County Results   Obama—60-70%   Obama—50-60%   Romney—50-60%   Romney—60-70%   Romney—70-80%

President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Barack Obama Democratic

Tennessee Democratic primary, 2012

2008 ← March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) → 2016

Candidate Barack Obama Uncommitted Home state Illinois n/a Delegate count 82 9 Popular vote 80,705 10,497 Percentage 88.48% 11.51%

Tennessee results by county   Barack Obama

Tennessee Republican primary, 2012

2008 ← March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) → 2016

Candidate Rick Santorum Mitt Romney Home state Pennsylvania Massachusetts Delegate count 29 14 Popular vote 205,809 155,630 Percentage 37.11% 28.06%   Candidate Newt Gingrich Ron Paul Home state Georgia Texas Delegate count 9 0 Popular vote 132,889 50,156 Percentage 23.96% 9.04%

Tennessee results by county   Rick Santorum   Mitt Romney   Newt Gingrich

Tennessee Republican primary, 2012
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Projected delegate count
			NYT	CNN	FOX
Rick Santorum	205,809	37.11%	29	27	26
Mitt Romney	155,630	28.06%	14	15	12
Newt Gingrich	132,889	23.96%	9	8	9
Ron Paul	50,156	9.04%	0	0	0
Rick Perry (withdrawn)	1,966	0.35%	0	0	0
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn)	1,895	0.34%	0	0	0
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn)	1,239	0.22%	0	0	0
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn)	881	0.16%	0	0	0
Gary Johnson (withdrawn)	572	0.10%	0	0	0
Uncommitted	3,536	0.64%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			6	8	9
Total:	554,573	100.00%	58	58	58

Barack Obama
Democratic

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

Mitt Romney received Tennessee's 11 electoral votes after he garnered 59.48% of the popular vote in Tennessee, to Barack Obama's 39.08%.

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