Elizabethton, TN is a small city located in northeastern Tennessee. It is home to around 14,000 people and has been historically known for its strong sense of community and hometown pride. Politics in Elizabethton are dominated by the Republican Party, having gone to Republican candidates in the past couple of presidential elections. The current mayor of Elizabethton is Curt Alexander, who was elected after defeating incumbent Mayor Sam LaPorte in 2019. Other city council members include Tom Bowers, James Reid, and Jennifer Andes. All three are Republicans who have been supportive of the city’s economic growth over the past few years. In addition to local politics, the state government has had a strong influence in Elizabethton with numerous state representatives coming from this area. This includes State Senator Jon Lundberg and State Representative David Hawk who both represent district 1 which includes Elizabethton as part of their districts.
The political climate in Elizabethton, TN is moderately conservative.
Carter County, TN is very conservative. In Carter County, TN 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.5%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elizabethton, TN is moderately conservative.
Carter County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson City 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.
Elizabethton, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Elizabethton, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,156 contributions totaling $263,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,765 contributions totaling $438,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)