Superdelegates from Tennessee, 2016
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Tennessee sent a total of eight superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. They are listed below beneath the candidate they are known to have supported as of July 11, 2016.
Tennessee superdelegates
Clinton
- Al Gore
- Gale Jones Carson
- William Owen
- Jim Cooper (Tennessee)
- John Litz
- Mary Mancini
- Steve Cohen
- Will Cheek
Sanders
No Tennessee superdelegates were known to have supported Bernie Sanders at the convention.
What is a superdelegate?
Superdelegates in 2016 were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus. In 2016, superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[1]
Tennessee primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Tennessee, 2016
Hillary Clinton won the Tennessee Democratic primary, defeating Bernie Sanders by more than 30 percentage points. She won all but three counties in the state: Washington, Carter and Unicoi. In Davidson County, home of the city of Nashville, she beat Sanders 65 to 33. Clinton also won the Tennessee Democratic primary in 2008.[2] Exit polling, a representative sampling of voters as they left their precinct polling stations, shows that Clinton outperformed Sanders in almost every major demographic, including non-white voters whom Clinton won by 85 percent. Sanders narrowly beat Clinton with younger voters in Tennessee. He won voters 18 to 44 years old by 51 percent.[3]
| Tennessee Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Hillary Clinton |
66.1% | 245,374 | 44 | |
| Bernie Sanders | 32.4% | 120,360 | 23 | |
| Martin O'Malley | 0.6% | 2,121 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.9% | 3,466 | 0 | |
| Totals | 371,321 | 67 | ||
| Source: Tennessee Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Tennessee had 75 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 67 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.[4][5]
Eight party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[4][6]
See also
- Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention
- Presidential election in Tennessee, 2016
- Democratic National Convention, 2016
- Democratic National Committee
Footnotes
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Tennessee Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Tennessee Exit Polls," March 1, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
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