The 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the
U.S. state
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of
Tennessee
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as one of the
Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the
2016 presidential election
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.
On the same day, dubbed "
Super Tuesday
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,"
Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus
American Samoa
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, while the
Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Tennessee primary.
Opinion polling
Results
Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates: 75
Results by county
Analysis
Clinton swept Tennessee, winning the primary in a 34-point-routing over Bernie Sanders. The intensity of her victory in the primary was delivered by
African American
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voters, who comprised 32% of the electorate and backed Clinton over Sanders by a margin of 89-10. Clinton also won the
white
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vote 57-42. Clinton swept all income levels and educational attainment levels in Tennessee. And though Sanders won the
youth vote, Clinton won among
voters over the age of 45 by a margin of 78-21.
Her strong support among African American voters handed Clinton an 82-18 showing in the
Memphis
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area. She also won in
Nashville
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66-33, in
Central Tennessee 66-35, and in
Eastern Tennessee
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which is whiter and considered to be an extension of
Appalachia
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by a margin of 58-42.
See also
*
2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary
*
2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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*
2016 Tennessee elections
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References
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Democratic primary
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2016
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