2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary explained

See main article: 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Election Name:2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
Country:Tennessee
Type:primary
Ongoing:Yes
Previous Election:2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2028 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2028
Election Date:March 5, 2024
Elected Members:TX
Votes For Election:70 delegates (63 pledged and 7 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
Candidate1:Joe Biden
Color1:224192
Home State1:Delaware
Popular Vote1:122,803
Percentage1:92.14%
Delegate Count1:63
Color2:000000
Candidate2:Uncommitted
Home State2:
Popular Vote2:10,475
Percentage2:7.86%
Delegate Count2:0
Outgoing Members:OK

The 2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 70 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates.[1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories.

Biden won the primary in a landslide and received all 63 delegates.

Candidates

The filing deadline was December 5, 2023, at noon. President Joe Biden was the only candidate who met the certification requirements to appear on the ballot.[2]

US Representative Dean Phillips filed to run, but did not get enough signatures to make the ballot.[3]

Write-in candidates were permitted, and "uncommitted" was an option on the ballot.[4]

Endorsements

See main article: article.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
Joe
Biden
Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Marianne
Williamson
Other /
Undecided
style=border-right-style:hidden style=border-right-style:hidden February 28, 2024Williamson un-suspends her candidacy
style=border-right-style:hidden style=border-right-style:hidden February 7, 2024Williamson suspends her candidacy
style=border-right-style:hidden style=border-right-style:hidden October 27, 2023Phillips declares his candidacy
style=border-right-style:hidden style=border-right-style:hidden October 9, 2023Kennedy withdraws from the primaries
Targoz Market Research[5] Oct 5–16, 2023270 (RV)75%9%3%12%
224 (LV)74%10%2%14%
Targoz Market Research[6] Jun 14–22, 2023356 (LV)63%7%2%28%

Results

Results by congressional district

Biden won all 9 of Tennessee's congressional districts.

DistrictBidenUncommitted
90.9%9.1%
89.3%10.7%
91.9%8.1%
91.7%8.3%
91.3%8.7%
91.1%8.9%
91.5%8.5%
95.5%4.5%
94.8%5.2%
Source: Web site: Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2024. May 5, 2023 . www.thegreenpapers.com.

Results by county

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2024. May 5, 2023 . The Green Papers.
  2. Web site: 2024 Presidential Preference Primary . January 17, 2024 . Tennessee Secretary of State - sos.tn.gov . en.
  3. Web site: WCYB . December 12, 2023 . Tennessee presidential primary ballot finalized; Biden, Trump both on ballot . December 15, 2023 . WZTV . en.
  4. Web site: September 4, 2023 . TENNESSEE DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION . January 25, 2024 . Tennessee Democratic Party.
  5. https://www.beacontn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Party-Crosstabs-PartyRegion-Revised.pdf Targoz Market Research
  6. https://www.beacontn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Beacon-Poll-June-2023-Party-Region-Crosstabs.pdf Targoz Market Research