Trump, Democrats Fail to Inspire Voter Turnout in Sumner

Despite a crowded field of Democrats and an incumbent President still popular in Tennessee, voter turnout in Sumner County for the March 3rd Presidential Primary was significantly lower than in the same election in 2016.

The Hendersonville Standard reports:

Less than 20 percent of Sumner County’s registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference and Sumner County primary election, held March 3.  

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the county’s Democratic nomination for U. S. President with 42.96 percent of the vote. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second with 24.71 percent, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came in third with 14.69 percent of the Sumner vote. In all, 11,630 Sumner voters cast ballots for candidates in the Democratic primary. 

On the Republican side, President Donald Trump won his party’s nomination in Sumner with 97.25 percent of the vote. Rep. Joe Walsh, who dropped out of the race a few weeks ago, received less than one percent, as did former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. In all, 10,148 Republicans voted for the presidential nominee in Sumner County. 

Turnout was around 30% in 2016, when the Democratic field had all but narrowed to Hillary Clinton and the GOP field was essentially Trump, Kasich, and Cruz. 

Democrats did edge Republicans in overall turnout, with over 11,000 Democrats voting compared to 10,000 on the GOP side. 

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