Who won Tennessee in the 2020 presidential election?

Trump (Republican) carried Tennessee in 2020, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 2020?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 2020?

No. Tennessee backed Trump, while Joe Biden won the presidency nationally.

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2020

Tennessee: Trump carries 11 EV.

Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for Trump (Republican). National winner: Joe Biden (Democratic) — Tennessee voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Tennessee, 2020

In 2020, Tennessee awarded its 11 electoral votes to Trump of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Joe Biden (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Tennessee among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Tennessee backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 2000. The region divided — Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri joined Tennessee for the Republican ticket, while Virginia and Georgia did not. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Joe Biden took 306 of the 538 electoral votes, against Donald Trump's 232. Joe Biden led the national popular vote with 51.31% of the ballots cast.

The 2020 national map

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