Lexington, TN is a small town located in Henderson County with a population of approximately 7,000. It is the county seat of Henderson County and has a close-knit community. The local government is responsible for providing services to the citizens within town limits. Lexington has a mayor and five-member board of aldermen who are elected by the residents to serve staggered four-year terms. The mayor and board members are responsible for managing the city’s budget and making decisions on how to best use public funds to improve infrastructure and daily life in the community. Lexington also has several local civic organizations, such as the Chamber of Commerce, which work together to promote economic development and growth. There are many opportunities for citizens to engage in their local politics and have their voices heard through public meetings or ballot initiatives.
The political climate in Lexington, TN is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, TN is very conservative. In Henderson County, TN 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.4%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lexington, TN is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, Tennessee 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.
Lexington, 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 Lexington, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $23,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 493 contributions totaling $123,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)