Clay County, TN is a small rural community located in central Tennessee. It is a peaceful and tight-knit community, where everyone knows their neighbors. Politics in Clay County are important to the citizens of the area as they decide who will represent them at the local level. Local political candidates often come from the same families and friends, who have been long-time residents of Clay County. They share a similar vision for a better future for their county and strive to implement policies that will benefit all citizens. Many of these candidates focus on issues such as education, health care, public safety, and economic development. The local government works closely with the community to ensure that its needs are met and everyone’s voice is heard in decisions made at the local level.
The political climate in Clay County, TN is very conservative.
In Clay County, TN 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 21.0%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay County, TN is very conservative.
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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.
Clay, Tennessee: D d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Clay County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $9,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)