Sweetwater, TN is a small town with a population of around 7,000 people. It has a strong local government that is focused on keeping the community safe and healthy. The mayor of Sweetwater is Jeremy Jones, who was elected in 2016 and will be representing the town for the next four years. There are also five city council members who are responsible for making decisions about the future of Sweetwater. Every two years the citizens of Sweetwater elect three new city council members to join those already on the council. The city council works closely with local businesses and organizations to ensure that all residents have access to quality services and resources. Additionally, they make sure that Sweetwater remains economically sound by working with other towns in the area to foster cooperation and growth. Finally, they ensure that laws and regulations are up-to-date, while still looking out for the interests of all residents in Sweetwater.
The political climate in Sweetwater, TN is strongly conservative.
Monroe County, TN is very conservative. In Monroe County, TN 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.1%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sweetwater, TN is strongly conservative.
Monroe County, Tennessee 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.
Sweetwater, 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 Sweetwater, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $7,768 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $16,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)