Lafayette, Tennessee is a small town located in Macon County with a population of around 3,000 people. The town has a rich history and prides itself on its strong community ties. Politically, Lafayette is strongly conservative and typically votes for Republican candidates in local, state, and national elections. The current mayor is Marty Smith who was elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor position, Lafayette has a Board of Aldermen that work together to make decisions for the town. The board consists of seven members that are all elected by the citizens of Lafayette every four years. Overall, politics in Lafayette are focused on fiscal responsibility and maintaining the integrity of the community’s values while still keeping up with changes needed to improve quality of life for residents.
The political climate in Lafayette, TN is strongly conservative.
Macon County, TN is very conservative. In Macon County, TN 13.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 13.8%.
Macon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lafayette, TN is strongly conservative.
Macon County, Tennessee is very 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.
Lafayette, 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 Lafayette, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $9,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 686 contributions totaling $328,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)