Tennessee Exit Polls
CNN announced John McCain as the projected winner of Tennessee in the 2008 presidential election. Tennessee carries 11 of the 538 available electoral votes. McCain maintained a steady lead over Obama in the polls and the gap continued to widen as the election drew near.1
Fast Facts
- Projected winner: John McCain
- Electoral votes: 112
- 60% of voters picked "the economy" as their number 1 concern3
- Democratic primary winner: Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Republican primary winner: Mike Huckabee
- 2007 number of registered voters: 3,694,5594
- In 2008 361,015 people in Tennessee registered to vote5
What If There Is a Tie
A presidential candidate must receive 270 or more electoral votes to win the election. If the electoral votes are split 269-269, the members of the U.S. House of Representatives will decide which of the two candidates will become the next president of the United States. Each state's delegation would be allowed to cast one vote. The Vice President would be determined by the Senate.6
Past Tennessee Winners
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