Cookeville, TN is a vibrant and exciting city located in the northern Middle Tennessee region. The population of Cookeville is approximately 32,000 people and it's located close to popular tourist attractions such as Cummins Falls State Park and Burgess Falls State Park. Cookeville has a long history of active politics which continues today. The city has a legislative body that consists of seven members who are elected at large for four year terms. Each November, the citizens are asked to cast their ballots to elect representatives from their ward or district. In addition, Cookeville residents go to the polls every second Tuesday in August and November to choose mayors, state representatives, county commissioners, judges, city council members, school board directors and other local government officials. Voters also determine referendums on proposed tax increases or changes in other local policies that can have an impact on their daily lives. With so many important decisions being made each year by its citizens, Cookeville has an active community spirit when it comes to politics and public service.
The political climate in Cookeville, TN is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, TN is very conservative. In Putnam County, TN 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cookeville, TN is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Cookeville 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.
Cookeville, 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 Cookeville, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,088 contributions totaling $1,327,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,334 contributions totaling $3,009,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)