US Election 2020 Tennessee profile: How state voted in 2016, demographics and more

Year of entry into union: 1796 Capital: Nashville Total electors: Eleven. In 2016, Tennessee’s electors pledged to vote for Donald Trump for president and Mike Pence for vice-president. How Tennessee votes: Red. Tennessee has voted Republican in every presidential election in the 21st Century. Demographic breakdown: 77.7 percent White, 16.8 percent African-American and 1.7 percent Asian-American. Fun fact: Tennessee hosted the final presidential debate ahead of the 2020 elections, which happened to be the only face-to-face debate this year free of interruptions and heckling . Follow all the latest news from US Election 2020 here Brush up on how the US elects its president and vice-president here Read profiles of other US states here