Sewanee, TN is a small town nestled high atop the Cumberland Plateau in Franklin County. Despite its small size, politics and civic engagement remain important to the residents of Sewanee. The city holds regularly scheduled elections for local offices such as mayor, aldermen, and county commission members. In addition to local political figures, citizens of Sewanee have access to their state representatives in both the House and Senate. Although there are no large political rallies or high-profile campaigns fought within its boundaries, the passion and commitment of Sewanee’s citizens to engaging in their local government is unwavering.
The political climate in Sewanee, TN is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, TN is very conservative. In Franklin County, TN 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sewanee, TN is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Tullahoma-Manchester 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.
Sewanee, 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 Sewanee, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,692 contributions totaling $241,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $13,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)