La Follette, TN is a small town located in Campbell County with a population of around 7,000 people. It is a rural community filled with friendly locals and a tight knit community atmosphere. Politically, the city is predominantly conservative and leans Republican. However, there are still supporters of Democratic candidates in the area who represent their views to local officials. In recent elections, La Follette has seen candidates from both major parties vying for mayor and city council seats, but Republican candidates have won the majority of races. Despite this political leaning, La Follette residents respect diversity and strive to keep their town safe and prosperous for all who live there.
The political climate in La Follette, TN is moderately conservative.
Campbell County, TN is very conservative. In Campbell County, TN 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.6% to 16.3%.
Campbell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Follette, TN is moderately conservative.
Campbell County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
La Follette, Tennessee: d 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 La Follette, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $10,672 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 408 contributions totaling $117,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)