Tennessee 2012 Presidential Election Results by County
In 2012, the Republican candidate won 91 of Tennessee's 95 counties.
| County | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote Share | Margin | Total Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 18,968 | 64.0% | 29.8 pts | 29,659 |
| Bedford | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,034 | 69.5% | 40.3 pts | 14,445 |
| Benton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,850 | 61.8% | 25.6 pts | 6,226 |
| Bledsoe | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,022 | 69.3% | 40.3 pts | 4,359 |
| Blount | Mitt Romney | Republican | 35,441 | 72.0% | 45.7 pts | 49,234 |
| Bradley | Mitt Romney | Republican | 27,422 | 76.3% | 53.9 pts | 35,963 |
| Campbell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,604 | 71.1% | 43.6 pts | 12,101 |
| Cannon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,309 | 66.5% | 35.1 pts | 4,973 |
| Carroll | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,225 | 66.6% | 34.6 pts | 10,851 |
| Carter | Mitt Romney | Republican | 15,503 | 75.2% | 52.0 pts | 20,617 |
| Cheatham | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,268 | 67.6% | 36.9 pts | 15,182 |
| Chester | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,684 | 73.1% | 47.7 pts | 6,410 |
| Claiborne | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,617 | 74.8% | 50.9 pts | 10,178 |
| Clay | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,747 | 62.0% | 25.2 pts | 2,820 |
| Cocke | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,459 | 73.9% | 49.4 pts | 11,454 |
| Coffee | Mitt Romney | Republican | 13,023 | 67.6% | 37.1 pts | 19,259 |
| Crockett | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,783 | 68.8% | 38.5 pts | 5,498 |
| Cumberland | Mitt Romney | Republican | 18,653 | 73.9% | 49.1 pts | 25,247 |
| Davidson | Barack Obama | Democratic | 143,120 | 58.4% | 18.6 pts | 244,873 |
| DeKalb | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,143 | 64.5% | 30.7 pts | 6,422 |
| Decatur | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,874 | 67.6% | 37.0 pts | 4,251 |
| Dickson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 11,296 | 63.3% | 28.4 pts | 17,835 |
| Dyer | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,921 | 71.9% | 44.7 pts | 13,800 |
| Fayette | Mitt Romney | Republican | 12,689 | 64.8% | 30.7 pts | 19,574 |
| Fentress | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,243 | 76.0% | 53.4 pts | 6,895 |
| Franklin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,262 | 63.7% | 28.9 pts | 16,119 |
| Gibson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 12,883 | 65.5% | 32.1 pts | 19,667 |
| Giles | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,915 | 64.0% | 29.2 pts | 10,799 |
| Grainger | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,470 | 75.4% | 52.4 pts | 7,252 |
| Greene | Mitt Romney | Republican | 17,245 | 72.2% | 46.1 pts | 23,887 |
| Grundy | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,516 | 59.4% | 20.6 pts | 4,237 |
| Hamblen | Mitt Romney | Republican | 14,522 | 72.5% | 46.4 pts | 20,032 |
| Hamilton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 79,933 | 56.6% | 14.9 pts | 141,181 |
| Hancock | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,527 | 74.6% | 51.4 pts | 2,046 |
| Hardeman | Barack Obama | Democratic | 5,482 | 52.5% | 5.9 pts | 10,439 |
| Hardin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,886 | 75.1% | 51.6 pts | 10,495 |
| Hawkins | Mitt Romney | Republican | 14,382 | 72.6% | 46.9 pts | 19,797 |
| Haywood | Barack Obama | Democratic | 4,569 | 60.4% | 21.3 pts | 7,569 |
| Henderson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,421 | 73.8% | 48.8 pts | 10,055 |
| Henry | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,193 | 64.3% | 30.3 pts | 12,739 |
| Hickman | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,758 | 62.6% | 27.1 pts | 7,602 |
| Houston | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,579 | 52.2% | 5.9 pts | 3,027 |
| Humphreys | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,833 | 55.9% | 13.5 pts | 6,863 |
| Jackson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,383 | 57.0% | 15.4 pts | 4,184 |
| Jefferson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 13,038 | 74.3% | 50.2 pts | 17,559 |
| Johnson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,611 | 74.4% | 50.5 pts | 6,194 |
| Knox | Mitt Romney | Republican | 109,707 | 63.6% | 29.2 pts | 172,507 |
| Lake | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,163 | 55.7% | 13.4 pts | 2,087 |
| Lauderdale | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,616 | 53.1% | 7.0 pts | 8,689 |
| Lawrence | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,770 | 70.8% | 42.9 pts | 15,219 |
| Lewis | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,117 | 66.4% | 35.6 pts | 4,694 |
| Lincoln | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,803 | 73.9% | 49.1 pts | 13,268 |
| Loudon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 16,707 | 75.7% | 52.8 pts | 22,073 |
| Macon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,260 | 76.2% | 53.7 pts | 6,905 |
| Madison | Mitt Romney | Republican | 21,993 | 54.0% | 8.9 pts | 40,702 |
| Marion | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,272 | 60.3% | 22.3 pts | 10,409 |
| Marshall | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,832 | 63.6% | 28.9 pts | 10,741 |
| Maury | Mitt Romney | Republican | 20,708 | 62.7% | 26.9 pts | 33,006 |
| McMinn | Mitt Romney | Republican | 12,967 | 72.7% | 46.9 pts | 17,834 |
| McNairy | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,015 | 71.6% | 44.6 pts | 9,802 |
| Meigs | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,734 | 69.0% | 39.6 pts | 3,964 |
| Monroe | Mitt Romney | Republican | 11,731 | 71.8% | 45.0 pts | 16,338 |
| Montgomery | Mitt Romney | Republican | 30,245 | 54.4% | 10.3 pts | 55,584 |
| Moore | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,053 | 73.3% | 48.2 pts | 2,799 |
| Morgan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,669 | 71.8% | 45.3 pts | 6,504 |
| Obion | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,814 | 71.7% | 44.7 pts | 12,297 |
| Overton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,775 | 62.3% | 25.7 pts | 7,664 |
| Perry | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,578 | 60.2% | 22.4 pts | 2,621 |
| Pickett | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,712 | 69.8% | 40.8 pts | 2,453 |
| Polk | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,108 | 67.8% | 37.2 pts | 6,059 |
| Putnam | Mitt Romney | Republican | 17,254 | 67.7% | 37.1 pts | 25,500 |
| Rhea | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,802 | 73.7% | 48.9 pts | 10,590 |
| Roane | Mitt Romney | Republican | 14,724 | 69.8% | 41.3 pts | 21,090 |
| Robertson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 17,643 | 67.1% | 35.6 pts | 26,289 |
| Rutherford | Mitt Romney | Republican | 60,846 | 61.6% | 24.7 pts | 98,848 |
| Scott | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,117 | 76.7% | 55.0 pts | 6,668 |
| Sequatchie | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,541 | 68.9% | 39.9 pts | 5,142 |
| Sevier | Mitt Romney | Republican | 25,984 | 76.7% | 54.8 pts | 33,864 |
| Shelby | Barack Obama | Democratic | 232,443 | 62.6% | 26.1 pts | 371,109 |
| Smith | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,495 | 63.4% | 28.6 pts | 7,087 |
| Stewart | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,963 | 57.9% | 17.5 pts | 5,115 |
| Sullivan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 43,562 | 72.7% | 47.2 pts | 59,887 |
| Sumner | Mitt Romney | Republican | 46,003 | 70.4% | 42.0 pts | 65,366 |
| Tipton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 16,672 | 69.2% | 39.6 pts | 24,081 |
| Trousdale | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,612 | 55.5% | 12.8 pts | 2,905 |
| Unicoi | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,032 | 71.0% | 44.0 pts | 7,086 |
| Union | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,282 | 73.5% | 48.1 pts | 5,828 |
| Van Buren | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,386 | 60.3% | 22.2 pts | 2,300 |
| Warren | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,010 | 61.5% | 25.0 pts | 13,015 |
| Washington | Mitt Romney | Republican | 32,808 | 68.3% | 38.5 pts | 48,032 |
| Wayne | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,253 | 77.5% | 56.3 pts | 5,486 |
| Weakley | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,605 | 69.7% | 41.0 pts | 12,337 |
| White | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,197 | 67.8% | 37.2 pts | 9,140 |
| Williamson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 69,850 | 72.6% | 46.5 pts | 96,225 |
| Wilson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 36,109 | 70.1% | 41.6 pts | 51,499 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which party won the most counties in Tennessee in 2012?
The Republican candidate won 91 of Tennessee's 95 counties in 2012, with 4 counties going to the other major party.
Which Tennessee county had the closest presidential result in 2012?
Hardeman had the closest margin in Tennessee in 2012, with Barack Obama (Democratic) winning by 5.9 points out of 10,439 total votes cast.
Which Tennessee county had the widest presidential margin in 2012?
Wayne had the widest margin in Tennessee in 2012, with Mitt Romney (Republican) winning by 56.3 points.
How many counties are included in Tennessee's 2012 presidential results?
This page covers 95 counties in Tennessee for the 2012 presidential election, based on MEDSL/EveryElectionResult.com county-level returns.