Cocke County, Tennessee is situated in the eastern part of the state and is home to a population of 35,936 people. The county operates under the authority of the Cocke County Board of Commissioners which provides government oversight and serves as the legislative branch for all county-level decisions. Local elections are held every four years with citizens voting on candidates from their respective political parties to represent them in various positions such as mayor, commissioner, register of deeds, and sheriff. A variety of local issues are brought up at these elections with candidates voicing their views on topics like education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and economic development plans. As a result, local politics are high in Cocke County with citizens actively participating in electing representatives that best reflect their interests and concerns.
The political climate in Cocke County, TN is very conservative.
In Cocke County, TN 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cocke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 17.0%.
Cocke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cocke County, TN is very conservative.
Newport 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.
Cocke, 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 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 Cocke County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 262 contributions totaling $31,981 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $42,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)