# 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary

The 2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, as part of Super Tuesday along with other primaries and caucuses. Tennessee's 82 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated based on the results of the primary.
Incumbent President Barack Obama won the primary in a landslide, facing no major opposition to his candidacy.

## Procedure

Pledged national convention delegates :
| Type | Del. |
| CD 1 | 5 |
| CD 2 | 6 |
| CD 3 | 5 |
| CD 4 | 5 |
| CD 5 | 7 |
| CD 6 | 6 |
| CD 7 | 6 |
| CD 8 | 6 |
| CD 9 | 7 |
| PLEO | 11 |
| At-large | 18 |
| Total pledged delegates | 82 |
Tennessee was allocated 91 delegates to the Democratic National Convention: 82 were allocated based on the results of the primary, with the other nine being unpledged superdelegates.
In order to qualify for delegates, a candidate had to receive at least 15% of the vote statewide or in at least one congressional district. 53 of Tennessee's delegates were allotted among the state's nine congressional districts. The remaining 29 delegates were allocated based on the statewide popular vote, consisting of 18 at-large delegates and 11 pledged PLEOs (party leaders and elected officials).

## Results

Barack Obama won the primary with over 88% of the vote and received all of the state's delegates. 11.5% of votes were cast for uncommitted delegates, while John Wolfe Jr., who had qualified as a write-in candidate, received seven votes.
2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
| Barack Obama (incumbent) | 80,705 | 88.48% | 82 |
| Uncommitted | 10,497 | 11.51% | |
| John Wolfe Jr. (write-in) | 7 | 0.01% | |
| Total | 91,209 | 100% | 82 |

### Results by county

2012 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary (results per county) :
| County | Barack Obama | Barack Obama | Uncommitted | Uncommitted | John Wolfe Jr. | John Wolfe Jr. | Total votes cast |
| County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Total votes cast |
| Anderson | 887 | 84.64% | 159 | 15.17% | 2 | 0.19% | 1,048 |
| Bedford | 254 | 77.68% | 73 | 22.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 |
| Benton | 524 | 71.10% | 213 | 28.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 737 |
| Bledsoe | 348 | 77.33% | 102 | 22.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 450 |
| Blount | 402 | 87.77% | 56 | 12.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 |
| Bradley | 415 | 83.17% | 84 | 16.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 499 |
| Campbell | 316 | 79.00% | 84 | 21.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 |
| Cannon | 116 | 78.38% | 32 | 21.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 148 |
| Carroll | 238 | 86.23% | 38 | 13.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 |
| Carter | 143 | 85.12% | 25 | 14.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 168 |
| Cheatham | 214 | 88.07% | 29 | 11.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 243 |
| Chester | 72 | 83.72% | 14 | 16.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 |
| Claiborne | 117 | 84.17% | 22 | 15.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 139 |
| Clay | 60 | 90.91% | 6 | 9.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 66 |
| Cocke | 75 | 89.29% | 9 | 10.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 84 |
| Coffee | 430 | 80.37% | 105 | 19.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 535 |
| Crockett | 328 | 65.86% | 170 | 34.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 498 |
| Cumberland | 593 | 81.79% | 132 | 18.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 725 |
| Davidson | 15,452 | 94.28% | 937 | 5.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 16,389 |
| Decatur | 102 | 83.61% | 20 | 16.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 |
| Dekalb | 580 | 73.23% | 212 | 26.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 792 |
| Dickson | 374 | 88.84% | 47 | 11.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 421 |
| Dyer | 202 | 85.23% | 35 | 14.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 237 |
| Fayette | 347 | 95.86% | 15 | 4.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 362 |
| Fentress | 165 | 90.16% | 18 | 9.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 183 |
| Franklin | 838 | 78.83% | 225 | 21.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,063 |
| Gibson | 598 | 86.67% | 92 | 13.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 690 |
| Giles | 220 | 87.30% | 32 | 12.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 252 |
| Grainger | 81 | 81.82% | 18 | 18.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 99 |
| Greene | 257 | 87.41% | 37 | 12.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 294 |
| Grundy | 235 | 77.30% | 69 | 22.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 304 |
| Hamblen | 204 | 92.73% | 16 | 7.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 |
| Hamilton | 4,956 | 95.81% | 214 | 4.14% | 3 | 0.06% | 5,173 |
| Hancock | 22 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 22 |
| Hardeman | 968 | 78.32% | 268 | 21.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,236 |
| Hardin | 106 | 82.17% | 23 | 17.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 129 |
| Hawkins | 304 | 79.58% | 78 | 20.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 |
| Haywood | 473 | 97.73% | 11 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 484 |
| Henderson | 50 | 80.65% | 12 | 19.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 |
| Henry | 797 | 65.70% | 416 | 34.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,213 |
| Hickman | 153 | 84.07% | 29 | 15.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 182 |
| Houston | 115 | 91.27% | 11 | 8.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 126 |
| Humphreys | 258 | 89.58% | 30 | 10.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 288 |
| Jackson | 172 | 82.30% | 37 | 17.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 |
| Jefferson | 171 | 88.60% | 22 | 11.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 193 |
| Johnson | 90 | 88.24% | 12 | 11.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 102 |
| Knox | 2,464 | 91.23% | 237 | 8.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,701 |
| Lake | 70 | 87.50% | 10 | 12.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 |
| Lauderdale | 210 | 87.50% | 30 | 12.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 240 |
| Lawrence | 191 | 80.93% | 45 | 19.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 236 |
| Lewis | 76 | 79.17% | 20 | 20.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 96 |
| Lincoln | 212 | 85.83% | 35 | 14.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 247 |
| Loudon | 285 | 91.35% | 27 | 8.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 |
| Macon | 95 | 85.59% | 16 | 14.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 |
| Madison | 723 | 94.39% | 43 | 5.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 766 |
| Marion | 1,337 | 63.46% | 768 | 36.45% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,107 |
| Marshall | 193 | 85.78% | 32 | 14.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 |
| Maury | 1,801 | 86.50% | 281 | 13.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,082 |
| McMinn | 265 | 86.32% | 42 | 13.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 307 |
| Mcnairy | 173 | 83.57% | 34 | 16.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 |
| Meigs | 182 | 85.85% | 30 | 14.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 |
| Monroe | 207 | 91.59% | 19 | 8.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 |
| Montgomery | 1,326 | 91.13% | 129 | 8.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,455 |
| Moore | 34 | 85.00% | 6 | 15.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 |
| Morgan | 76 | 79.17% | 20 | 20.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 96 |
| Obion | 169 | 78.24% | 47 | 21.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 216 |
| Overton | 844 | 75.76% | 270 | 24.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,114 |
| Perry | 61 | 87.14% | 9 | 12.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 70 |
| Pickett | 23 | 95.83% | 1 | 4.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 24 |
| Polk | 711 | 70.33% | 300 | 29.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,011 |
| Putnam | 1,119 | 68.02% | 526 | 31.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,645 |
| Rhea | 288 | 77.21% | 85 | 22.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 373 |
| Roane | 335 | 82.51% | 71 | 17.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 406 |
| Robertson | 356 | 84.36% | 66 | 15.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 422 |
| Rutherford | 1,753 | 87.61% | 248 | 12.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,001 |
| Scott | 302 | 83.43% | 60 | 16.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 362 |
| Sequatchie | 141 | 81.03% | 33 | 18.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 |
| Sevier | 354 | 81.94% | 78 | 18.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 432 |
| Shelby | 22,827 | 98.23% | 412 | 1.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 23,239 |
| Smith | 176 | 85.44% | 30 | 14.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 206 |
| Stewart | 290 | 89.23% | 35 | 10.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 |
| Sullivan | 442 | 86.33% | 70 | 13.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 |
| Sumner | 1,665 | 86.36% | 263 | 13.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,928 |
| Tipton | 237 | 87.78% | 33 | 12.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 270 |
| Trousdale | 140 | 93.33% | 10 | 6.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 |
| Unicoi | 52 | 77.61% | 15 | 22.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 67 |
| Union | 66 | 69.47% | 29 | 30.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 95 |
| Van Buren | 346 | 71.93% | 135 | 28.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 481 |
| Warren | 2,116 | 64.45% | 1,167 | 35.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,283 |
| Washington | 380 | 85.97% | 62 | 14.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 442 |
| Wayne | 65 | 89.04% | 8 | 10.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 |
| Weakley | 252 | 75.68% | 81 | 24.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 |
| White | 199 | 75.67% | 64 | 24.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 263 |
| Williamson | 559 | 90.45% | 59 | 9.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 618 |
| Wilson | 695 | 85.59% | 117 | 14.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 812 |
| Total | 80,705 | 88.48% | 10,497 | 11.51% | 7 | 0.01% | 91,209 |