Crossville, TN is a small town located in the Cumberland Plateau of East Tennessee. The politics in Crossville are largely conservative and have been that way for many years. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, which consists of 6 members from the city council. Local elections take place every two years to elect the mayor and council members. Crossville residents have traditionally favored Republican candidates for local office positions such as sheriff, county commissioner, state senate, and state house of representatives. This trend has remained consistent throughout recent decades, with most elected officials tending to align themselves with the Republican Party and its ideals. In addition to voting on local issues like taxes, schools, and infrastructure development, residents also participate in statewide elections that determine the fate of Tennessee overall.
The political climate in Crossville, TN is moderately conservative.
Cumberland County, TN is very conservative. In Cumberland County, TN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crossville, TN is moderately conservative.
Cumberland County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Crossville 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.
Crossville, 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 Crossville, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,842 contributions totaling $238,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,292 contributions totaling $316,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)