Martin, Tennessee is a small city located in northwest Tennessee. While it does not have any local political candidates, the city is part of the larger political landscape of the state. The city has two representatives in the Tennessee House of Representatives and one senator in the Tennessee Senate. These representatives and senators are responsible for representing their constituents and voting on legislation that affects all citizens of the state. Additionally, citizens of Martin can participate in local elections, voting for their preferred candidates at the local county level or participating in national elections by casting votes at the federal level. The politics of Martin has an impact on its residents just like any other city across Tennessee and beyond.
The political climate in Martin, TN is moderately conservative.
Weakley County, TN is very conservative. In Weakley County, TN 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weakley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.0%.
Weakley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martin, TN is moderately conservative.
Weakley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Martin 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.
Martin, 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 Martin, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,730 contributions totaling $328,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 790 contributions totaling $299,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)