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.

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.

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

Opinion polling

Primary date: March 1, 2016 Poll source Date 1st 2nd 3rdOtherPrimary resultsPrimary resultsMarch 1, 2016 Donald Trump38.94% Ted Cruz24.71% Marco Rubio21.18% 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: 772February 22–29, 2016Donald Trump48% Marco Rubio18% Ted Cruz15% Ben Carson 10%, John Kasich 5%, Undecided 4%NBC News/Wall StreetJournal/Marist Margin of error: ± 3.8% Sample size: 665 February 22–25, 2016Donald Trump40% Ted Cruz22% Marco Rubio19% Ben Carson 9%, John Kasich 6%Vanderbilt/PSRAVanderbilt/PSRA Margin of error: 5.6% Sample size: 495 November 11–23, 2015Donald Trump29%Ben Carson25% Ted Cruz14% Marco Rubio 12%, Jeb Bush 6%, Carly Fiorina 2%, Undecided 7%, Other 4%, Wouldn't Vote 1%Opinion Savvy/Insider AdvantageOpinion Savvy/Insider Advantage Margin of error: 4.6% Sample size: 440 August 2–3, 2015Donald Trump35.3% Ben Carson14.5% Jeb Bush11.7% 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

See also 2016 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary 2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee 2016 Tennessee elections

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