The majority of Cannon County that turned up to vote in the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary said no to any tax increases Tuesday after the results came in. Out of an estimated 8000 registered Cannon County voters, 3083 voters took part in the election. The sales tax referendum was defeated by a vote of 2085 to 839 meaning that 71.31% of the voters voted against the sales tax. The Wheel Tax Referendum was defeated by a vote of 2341 to 621 as almost 80% of the voters participating voted against the Wheel Tax increase. In the Democratic Presidential Candidate Preference Primary, Hillary Clinton received 439 votes to win the Cannon County vote in the Democratic category. 218 Cannon County voters cast their ballot for Bernie Sanders at 32 percent. Martin O’Malley had 10 votes and 14 votes were tabbed uncommitted.
On the Republican Side of the ballot. Donald Trump won the majority of votes with 1244 votes while Ted Cruz came in second with 657 votes. Marco Rubio took third with 195 votes while Ben Carson came in 4th with 159 votes. John Kasich received 50 votes, 17 voted for Jeb Bush, 8 for Chris Christie, 4 for Mike Huckabee, 3 for Carly Fiorina, 2 for Rand Paul and 2 for Rick Santorum. 8 were uncommitted and there was one write in which was not identified.
