Hunter, TN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. It has a unique political landscape filled with passionate locals who are engaged in local government and actively participate in the political process. While Hunter doesn't have a huge population, there is still an important local political scene with many different interests at play. The town has seen many different candidates for local offices over the years, ranging from school boards to state representatives. Local elections are always highly contested as each candidate takes their pledges seriously and strives to represent their constituents to the best of their ability. Every election season brings new faces to the table who seek to bring positive change to Hunter and its citizens. As such, Hunter's politics remain exciting and vibrant throughout every election cycle.
The political climate in Hunter, TN is strongly conservative.
Carter County, TN is very conservative. In Carter County, TN 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.5%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hunter, TN is strongly conservative.
Carter County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson City Metro Area is very conservative.
Tennessee is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Hunter, Tennessee: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Hunter, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $15,621 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $29,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)