Tennessee presidential election results 2012

Mitt Romney carried Tennessee by 20.40 points (501,621 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,458,577
TN result: R+20.4
Compared with the nation: 24.3 pts more Republican
Swing since 2008: 5.3 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Mitt Romney	Republican	1,462,330	59.50%	11
Barack Obama	Democratic	960,709	39.10%	—
Total votes		2,458,577

Sources: tn.pdf · 2012

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Tennessee Secretary of State, State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election, United States President by county (2 pages, 05-Dec-12); columns numbered 1-7 with the candidate key printed above the table
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All 7 tickets as printed in the document

Ticket (as printed)	Code	Votes	Share
1. Mitt Romney - (R)	R	1,462,330	59.48%
2. Barack Obama - (D)	D	960,709	39.08%
6. Gary Johnson - (I)	I	18,623	0.76%
4. Jill Stein - (G)	G	6,515	0.26%
3. Virgil Goode - (C)	C	6,022	0.24%
5. Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson - (I)	I	2,639	0.11%
7. Merlin Miller - (I)	I	1,739	0.07%

Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Mitt Romney	Barack Obama	3. Virgil Goode	4. Jill Stein	5. Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson	6. Gary Johnson	7. Merlin Miller	Total	Margin
Anderson	18,968	10,122	101	88	54	301	25	29,659	29.8
Bedford	10,034	4,211	49	39	17	90	5	14,445	40.3
Benton	3,850	2,258	20	20	14	58	6	6,226	25.6
Bledsoe	3,022	1,267	22	3	6	32	7	4,359	40.3
Blount	35,441	12,934	119	126	56	536	22	49,234	45.7
Bradley	27,422	8,037	103	69	30	274	28	35,963	53.9
Campbell	8,604	3,328	53	24	21	58	13	12,101	43.6
Cannon	3,309	1,564	19	27	11	41	2	4,973	35.1
Carroll	7,225	3,475	33	28	12	63	15	10,851	34.6
Carter	15,503	4,789	61	62	25	165	12	20,617	52.0
Cheatham	10,268	4,659	38	42	26	131	18	15,182	36.9
Chester	4,684	1,624	15	20	11	52	4	6,410	47.7
Claiborne	7,617	2,433	24	17	19	58	10	10,178	50.9
Clay	1,747	1,037	5	2	4	22	3	2,820	25.2
Cocke	8,459	2,804	44	31	19	83	14	11,454	49.4
Coffee	13,023	5,870	65	47	28	188	38	19,259	37.1
Crockett	3,783	1,669	10	5	5	23	3	5,498	38.5
Cumberland	18,653	6,261	65	86	26	141	15	25,247	49.1
Davidson	97,622	143,120	394	1,032	243	2,252	210	244,873	18.6
Decatur	2,874	1,303	16	6	8	39	5	4,251	37.0
Dekalb	4,143	2,174	21	21	6	56	1	6,422	30.7
Dickson	11,296	6,233	63	56	24	144	19	17,835	28.4
Dyer	9,921	3,757	30	23	14	45	10	13,800	44.7
Fayette	12,689	6,688	38	21	21	110	7	19,574	30.7
Fentress	5,243	1,561	21	19	15	30	6	6,895	53.4
Franklin	10,262	5,603	74	44	17	107	12	16,119	28.9
Gibson	12,883	6,564	45	31	18	118	8	19,667	32.1
Giles	6,915	3,760	36	18	14	52	4	10,799	29.2
Grainger	5,470	1,668	18	19	10	62	5	7,252	52.4
Greene	17,245	6,225	104	69	30	175	39	23,887	46.1
Grundy	2,516	1,643	27	7	9	30	5	4,237	20.6
Hamblen	14,522	5,234	58	45	25	140	8	20,032	46.4
Hamilton	79,933	58,836	283	408	120	1,528	73	141,181	14.9
Hancock	1,527	475	1	6	1	34	2	2,046	51.4
Hardeman	4,865	5,482	22	12	10	40	8	10,439	5.9
Hardin	7,886	2,467	20	15	31	66	10	10,495	51.6
Hawkins	14,382	5,088	85	45	25	148	24	19,797	46.9
Haywood	2,960	4,569	12	7	6	14	1	7,569	21.3
Henderson	7,421	2,517	28	19	11	48	11	10,055	48.8
Henry	8,193	4,339	70	37	19	74	7	12,739	30.3
Hickman	4,758	2,698	51	25	9	54	7	7,602	27.1
Houston	1,579	1,400	12	7	8	17	4	3,027	5.9
Humphreys	3,833	2,905	19	27	11	56	12	6,863	13.5
Jackson	2,383	1,739	17	15	1	27	2	4,184	15.4
Jefferson	13,038	4,232	61	45	23	149	11	17,559	50.2
Johnson	4,611	1,483	31	20	3	39	7	6,194	50.5
Knox	109,707	59,399	464	656	175	1,989	117	172,507	29.2
Lake	1,163	884	12	3	9	11	5	2,087	13.4
Lauderdale	4,616	4,011	16	12	8	19	7	8,689	7.0
Lawrence	10,770	4,237	83	29	21	64	15	15,219	42.9
Lewis	3,117	1,447	11	41	13	57	8	4,694	35.6
Lincoln	9,803	3,290	36	24	22	73	20	13,268	49.1
Loudon	16,707	5,058	46	33	28	181	20	22,073	52.8
Macon	5,260	1,552	34	18	2	32	7	6,905	53.7
Madison	21,993	18,367	55	47	32	191	17	40,702	8.9
Marion	6,272	3,953	39	33	23	77	12	10,409	22.3
Marshall	6,832	3,725	55	36	23	64	6	10,741	28.9
Maury	20,708	11,825	92	76	50	212	43	33,006	26.9
Mcminn	12,967	4,609	60	27	23	135	13	17,834	46.9
Mcnairy	7,015	2,645	29	24	15	58	16	9,802	44.6
Meigs	2,734	1,163	17	16	3	26	5	3,964	39.6
Monroe	11,731	4,372	54	41	24	101	15	16,338	45.0
Montgomery	30,245	24,499	135	149	56	466	34	55,584	10.3
Moore	2,053	705	11	5	1	19	5	2,799	48.2
Morgan	4,669	1,725	28	16	10	45	11	6,504	45.3
Obion	8,814	3,321	33	26	19	68	16	12,297	44.7
Overton	4,775	2,805	21	19	8	30	6	7,664	25.7
Perry	1,578	992	11	5	10	22	3	2,621	22.4
Pickett	1,712	712	2	7	5	13	2	2,453	40.8
Polk	4,108	1,856	19	12	13	44	7	6,059	37.2
Putnam	17,254	7,802	79	95	43	211	16	25,500	37.1
Rhea	7,802	2,628	50	17	13	74	6	10,590	48.9
Roane	14,724	6,018	72	50	30	172	24	21,090	41.3
Robertson	17,643	8,290	66	57	30	184	19	26,289	35.6
Rutherford	60,846	36,414	210	298	83	946	51	98,848	24.7
Scott	5,117	1,452	31	19	9	38	2	6,668	55.0
Sequatchie	3,541	1,489	23	9	7	68	5	5,142	39.9
Sevier	25,984	7,418	73	89	39	213	48	33,864	54.8
Shelby	135,649	232,443	411	679	252	1,537	138	371,109	26.1
Smith	4,495	2,470	40	20	14	37	11	7,087	28.6
Stewart	2,963	2,069	23	23	6	29	2	5,115	17.5
Sullivan	43,562	15,321	192	115	70	590	37	59,887	47.2
Sumner	46,003	18,579	125	153	48	419	39	65,366	42.0
Tipton	16,672	7,133	59	34	25	148	10	24,081	39.6
Trousdale	1,612	1,240	16	7	2	22	6	2,905	12.8
Unicoi	5,032	1,913	40	27	10	59	5	7,086	44.0
Union	4,282	1,478	17	13	12	26	0	5,828	48.1
Van Buren	1,386	875	6	5	3	22	3	2,300	22.2
Warren	8,010	4,752	68	37	23	108	17	13,015	25.0
Washington	32,808	14,325	184	188	58	451	18	48,032	38.5
Wayne	4,253	1,163	19	10	7	28	6	5,486	56.3
Weakley	8,605	3,548	38	28	26	77	15	12,337	41.0
White	6,197	2,795	37	22	11	68	10	9,140	37.2
Williamson	69,850	25,142	160	217	66	748	42	96,225	46.5
Wilson	36,109	14,695	117	113	43	381	41	51,499	41.6

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

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Questions and answers

Who won Tennessee in 2012?

Mitt Romney won Tennessee by 20.40 percentage points (501,621 votes).

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 2012?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Tennessee in 2012?

2,458,577 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Tennessee in 2012?

Mitt Romney 91, Barack Obama 4 (out of 95 counties with results).

How did Tennessee change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 5.3 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 15.1 points to Republican by 20.4 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data