Williamson County in Tennessee is a vibrant county with a diverse population. Its politics are conducted by the current local mayor, Jeff Williamson, who is an independent politician. The county is largely Republican-leaning, with a few Democratic representatives serving in the city council and legislative body. As of 2020, the county’s congressional district consists of two Republican representatives and one Democrat representative. Additionally, the county features two state senators from either party and multiple state representatives from both parties representing various parts of the county. Overall, Williamson County prides itself on having open dialogue and encourages residents to engage in civil political discourse.
The political climate in Williamson County, TN is strongly conservative.
In Williamson County, TN 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.1%.
Williamson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamson County, TN is strongly conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Williamson, 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 Williamson County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,135 contributions totaling $2,516,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,889 contributions totaling $4,628,449 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $587 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)