Giles County, Tennessee is located in the south central region of the state. It is a mostly rural area with a population of roughly 29,500 people. The county has been traditionally conservative and its politics are primarily focused on traditional values and fiscal responsibility. Local candidates for office tend to reflect this philosophy. In recent years there has been an increasing sense of fiscal responsibility among local leaders, encouraging them to look for ways to maximize efficiency while still providing necessary services to the community. This has meant looking at alternative sources of revenue through grants, leveraging public/private partnerships, or incentivizing new businesses. As well, local candidates tend to focus on maintaining a small-town atmosphere while promoting economic development and job creation.
The political climate in Giles County, TN is very conservative.
In Giles County, TN 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Giles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.1% to 25.0%.
Giles county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Giles 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.
Giles, 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 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 Giles County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 254 contributions totaling $15,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $51,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)