2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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The 2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary took place on March 1, 2016, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday, in the Republican Party primaries for the 2016 presidential election, following the Nevada caucuses a week before. Businessman Donald Trump won the primary with a plurality, carrying 38.94% of the vote and all but one county, awarding him 33 delegates.^[1]

2016 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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58 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz Marco Rubio Home state New York Texas Florida Delegate count 33 16 9 Popular vote 333,180 211,471 181,274 Percentage 38.94% 24.71% 21.18%   Candidate Ben Carson John Kasich Home state Maryland Ohio Delegate count 0 0 Popular vote 64,951 45,301 Percentage 7.59% 5.29%
County results Congressional district results Trump   20 – 30%   30 – 40%   40 – 50%   50 – 60% Rubio   30 – 40%

Texas Senator Ted Cruz came second, with 24.71% of the vote and 16 delegates. Florida Senator Marco Rubio came third, with 21.18% of the vote and nine delegates, carrying only the county of Williamson. All other candidates did not receive any delegates.^[2]

The Democratic Party held its Tennessee primary on the same day, which was won by Hillary Clinton.

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

Primary date: March 1, 2016

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	3rd	Other
Primary results[3]	March 1, 2016	Donald Trump 38.94%	Ted Cruz 24.71%	Marco Rubio 21.18%	Ben Carson 7.59%, John Kasich 5.29%, Jeb Bush 1.12%, Mike Huckabee 0.28%, Rand Paul 0.27%, Chris Christie 0.15%, Carly Fiorina 0.08%, Rick Santorum 0.08%, Jim Gilmore 0.03%, Lindsey Graham 0.03%, George Pataki 0.02%
SurveyMonkey Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 772	February 22–29, 2016	Donald Trump 48%	Marco Rubio 18%	Ted Cruz 15%	Ben Carson 10%, John Kasich 5%, Undecided 4%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist[4] Margin of error: ± 3.8% Sample size: 665	February 22–25, 2016	Donald Trump 40%	Ted Cruz 22%	Marco Rubio 19%	Ben Carson 9%, John Kasich 6%
Vanderbilt/PSRA[5] Margin of error: 5.6% Sample size: 495	November 11–23, 2015	Donald Trump 29%	Ben Carson 25%	Ted Cruz 14%	Marco Rubio 12%, Jeb Bush 6%, Carly Fiorina 2%, Undecided 7%, Other 4%, Wouldn't Vote 1%
Opinion Savvy/Insider Advantage[6] Margin of error: 4.6% Sample size: 440	August 2–3, 2015	Donald Trump 35.3%	Ben Carson 14.5%	Jeb Bush 11.7%	Mike Huckabee 6.5%, Ted Cruz 6.2%, Scott Walker 5.8%, John Kasich 3.3%, Rand Paul 3%, Marco Rubio 2.8%, Chris Christie 1.7%, Carly Fiorina 1.7%, Bobby Jindal 1.4%, Rick Santorum 0.7%, George Pataki 0.3%, Lindsey Graham 0.2%, Rick Perry 0.2%, Someone else 1.3%, Undecided 3.5%

Results

Tennessee Republican primary, March 1, 2016

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	333,180	38.94%	33	0	33
Ted Cruz	211,471	24.71%	16	0	16
Marco Rubio	181,274	21.18%	9	0	9
Ben Carson	64,951	7.59%	0	0	0
John Kasich	45,301	5.29%	0	0	0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)	9,551	1.12%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	2,415	0.28%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	2,350	0.27%	0	0	0
Uncommitted	1,849	0.22%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,256	0.15%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)	715	0.08%	0	0	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	710	0.08%	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)	267	0.03%	0	0	0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)	253	0.03%	0	0	0
George Pataki (withdrawn)	186	0.02%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	855,729	100.00%	58	0	58
Source: The Green Papers

See also

• 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
• 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee
• 2016 Tennessee elections