Pocahontas, TN is a rural town located in the southwestern corner of Tennessee. In terms of politics, it is generally conservative leaning and has been historically so. The town boasts three elected officials, representing the local community at both county and state levels: County Commissioner Jimmy Speck, State Representative Phil Burns, and State Senator Brad Smith. Each of these individuals works to ensure that the needs of Pocahontas are met at all government levels. While their political views may vary, they are each dedicated to ensuring that Pocahontas residents have access to quality services and resources in order to maximize their quality of life. Each official also works hard to ensure that all citizens can participate in the electoral process by providing easy access to voter registration information as well as promoting civic engagement within the community.
The political climate in Zip 38061 (Pocahontas, TN) is moderately conservative.
Hardeman County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Hardeman County, TN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardeman county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 41.5%.
Hardeman county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38061 (Pocahontas, TN) is moderately conservative.
Pocahontas, Tennessee is moderately conservative.
Hardeman County, Tennessee is somewhat 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.
Pocahontas, Tennessee: D d d d 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 zip 38061 (Pocahontas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)