Trump, Clinton win by large margins in Tennessee

Brooke Stanfill votes with her 4-year-old son Charlie while at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Brooke Stanfill votes with her 4-year-old son Charlie while at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

By Associated Press March 2, 2016 4 min read

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Tiffany Reid holds Kayleigh Patterson as she places her ballot in a voting machine after voting in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Verdell Stewart, left, votes in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Edward Carter votes in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Lieutenant Fuquay, left, and Mattie Fuquay cast their ballots in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Voters arrive to cast their ballots in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Michael Davis looks out a window at rain during voting in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Poll worker Ethel Cox, center, helps Mattie Fuquay place her ballot in a voting machine flanked by Sam Moore, left, and Lieutenant Fuquay, right, during the Super Tuesday primary election at the Bethlehem Center polling location on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

A voter enters Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

A voter enters her ballot before getting a sticker at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Tisha Walker teaches her sons Jonah, 9, and Micah, 7, how to vote while at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Micah, 7, and Jonah, 9, stand with their mother Tisha Walker as she receives her ballot from Betty Lombardo while at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Voters enter Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Area residents vote at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Anne Meadows votes at Concord Baptist Church in East Brainerd on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

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NASHVILLE – Tennessee voters supported Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by large margins, with Clinton doing especially well among older voters and blacks and Trump with voters favoring a non-establishment candidate, according to preliminary results of exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the Associated Press and television networks.

About 6 in 10 Democratic voters supported Clinton, according to the early poll data, which found about 7 in 10 voters over 45 years old supported Clinton while her rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, led among voters aged 18-44 years. Among black voters, about 8 in 10 supported Clinton, according to the preliminary data.

About 4 in 10 Republican voters supported Trump, with Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio each earning about one-fifth of the vote, the data showed. Trump had an especially big lead among voters without a college degree. Among those with at least a college degree, Trump had a small lead over Rubio. About half of those with incomes under $50,000 per year said they voted for Trump, while those earning $100,000 or more supported Trump and Rubio about equally.

Here’s a closer look at what the exit polls found in Tennessee: