Mitt Romney carried Tennessee R+20.4.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Tennessee, 2012. The state ran 24.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2012 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)

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Tennessee result

2,460,904 votes counted

Obama (D)

960,709

39.0%

Romney (R)

1,462,330

59.4%

All others

37,865

1.5%

Margin

R+20.4

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2012 presidential election

Tennessee, 2012

RomneyR+20.4

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	59.4%	1,462,330
Barack ObamaDemocratic	39.0%	960,709
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	37,865

D+60

R+60

95 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 2012

95 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−29.8%	10,122	18,968	29,659
Bedford County	R	−40.3%	4,211	10,034	14,445
Benton County	R	−25.6%	2,258	3,850	6,226
Bledsoe County	R	−40.3%	1,267	3,022	4,359
Blount County	R	−45.7%	12,934	35,441	49,234
Bradley County	R	−53.7%	8,037	27,422	36,096
Campbell County	R	−43.6%	3,328	8,604	12,101
Cannon County	R	−35.1%	1,564	3,309	4,973
Carroll County	R	−34.6%	3,475	7,225	10,851
Carter County	R	−52.0%	4,789	15,503	20,617
Cheatham County	R	−36.9%	4,659	10,268	15,182
Chester County	R	−47.7%	1,624	4,684	6,410
Claiborne County	R	−50.9%	2,433	7,617	10,178
Clay County	R	−25.2%	1,037	1,747	2,820
Cocke County	R	−49.4%	2,804	8,459	11,454
Coffee County	R	−37.1%	5,870	13,023	19,259
Crockett County	R	−38.5%	1,669	3,783	5,498
Cumberland County	R	−49.0%	6,261	18,653	25,298
Davidson County	D	+18.5%	143,120	97,622	245,534
Decatur County	R	−37.0%	1,303	2,874	4,251
DeKalb County	R	−30.6%	2,174	4,143	6,433
Dickson County	R	−28.4%	6,233	11,296	17,835
Dyer County	R	−44.6%	3,757	9,921	13,816
Fayette County	R	−30.7%	6,688	12,689	19,574
Fentress County	R	−53.4%	1,561	5,243	6,895
Franklin County	R	−28.9%	5,603	10,262	16,119
Gibson County	R	−32.1%	6,564	12,883	19,667
Giles County	R	−29.2%	3,760	6,915	10,799
Grainger County	R	−52.4%	1,668	5,470	7,252
Greene County	R	−46.1%	6,225	17,245	23,887
Grundy County	R	−20.6%	1,643	2,516	4,237
Hamblen County	R	−46.4%	5,234	14,522	20,032
Hamilton County	R	−14.9%	58,836	79,933	141,741
Hancock County	R	−51.4%	475	1,527	2,046
Hardeman County	D	+5.9%	5,482	4,865	10,439
Hardin County	R	−51.6%	2,467	7,886	10,495
Hawkins County	R	−46.9%	5,088	14,382	19,837
Haywood County	D	+21.3%	4,569	2,960	7,569
Henderson County	R	−48.8%	2,517	7,421	10,055
Henry County	R	−30.3%	4,339	8,193	12,739
Hickman County	R	−27.1%	2,698	4,758	7,602
Houston County	R	−5.9%	1,400	1,579	3,027
Humphreys County	R	−13.5%	2,905	3,833	6,863
Jackson County	R	−15.4%	1,739	2,383	4,184
Jefferson County	R	−50.2%	4,232	13,038	17,559
Johnson County	R	−50.5%	1,483	4,611	6,194
Knox County	R	−29.2%	59,399	109,707	172,507
Lake County	R	−13.4%	884	1,163	2,087
Lauderdale County	R	−7.0%	4,011	4,616	8,689
Lawrence County	R	−42.9%	4,237	10,770	15,219
Lewis County	R	−35.6%	1,447	3,117	4,694
Lincoln County	R	−49.1%	3,290	9,803	13,268
Loudon County	R	−52.8%	5,058	16,707	22,073
Macon County	R	−53.7%	1,552	5,260	6,905
Madison County	R	−8.9%	18,367	21,993	40,702
Marion County	R	−22.3%	3,953	6,272	10,409
Marshall County	R	−28.9%	3,725	6,832	10,741
Maury County	R	−26.9%	11,825	20,708	33,006
McMinn County	R	−46.9%	4,609	12,967	17,834
McNairy County	R	−44.6%	2,645	7,015	9,802
Meigs County	R	−39.6%	1,163	2,734	3,964
Monroe County	R	−45.0%	4,372	11,731	16,338
Montgomery County	R	−10.3%	24,499	30,245	55,720
Moore County	R	−48.2%	705	2,053	2,799
Morgan County	R	−45.3%	1,725	4,669	6,504
Obion County	R	−44.7%	3,321	8,814	12,297
Overton County	R	−25.7%	2,805	4,775	7,664
Perry County	R	−22.4%	992	1,578	2,621
Pickett County	R	−40.8%	712	1,712	2,453
Polk County	R	−37.2%	1,856	4,108	6,059
Putnam County	R	−37.1%	7,802	17,254	25,500
Rhea County	R	−48.9%	2,628	7,802	10,590
Roane County	R	−41.3%	6,018	14,724	21,090
Robertson County	R	−35.6%	8,290	17,643	26,289
Rutherford County	R	−24.7%	36,414	60,846	98,848
Scott County	R	−55.0%	1,452	5,117	6,668
Sequatchie County	R	−39.8%	1,489	3,541	5,153
Sevier County	R	−54.8%	7,418	25,984	33,864
Shelby County	D	+26.0%	232,443	135,649	371,616
Smith County	R	−28.6%	2,470	4,495	7,089
Stewart County	R	−17.5%	2,069	2,963	5,115
Sullivan County	R	−47.2%	15,321	43,562	59,887
Sumner County	R	−41.9%	18,579	46,003	65,457
Tipton County	R	−39.6%	7,133	16,672	24,081
Trousdale County	R	−12.8%	1,240	1,612	2,905
Unicoi County	R	−44.0%	1,913	5,032	7,086
Union County	R	−48.0%	1,478	4,282	5,838
Van Buren County	R	−22.2%	875	1,386	2,300
Warren County	R	−25.0%	4,752	8,010	13,015
Washington County	R	−38.5%	14,325	32,808	48,032
Wayne County	R	−56.3%	1,163	4,253	5,486
Weakley County	R	−41.0%	3,548	8,605	12,337
White County	R	−37.2%	2,795	6,197	9,140
Williamson County	R	−46.5%	25,142	69,850	96,225
Wilson County	R	−41.5%	14,695	36,109	51,597