Mount Carmel, TN is a small town located in Hawkins County. It is mainly composed of residential neighborhoods and has a population of around 5,000 people. The local politics of Mount Carmel are focused on providing its citizens with the best possible quality of life. Civic engagement is encouraged with various community meetings where citizens can voice their opinions and have their voices heard by the local governing body. The main political issues facing the local government are enhancing education, improving public safety, and promoting economic development. Local politicians prioritize these issues and work to ensure that everyone benefits from the decisions made for the betterment of the town as a whole. There are no official political candidates in Mount Carmel, but residents can get involved in local politics through participating in community events or taking part in the formation of policy initiatives.
The political climate in Mount Carmel, TN is strongly conservative.
Hawkins County, TN is very conservative. In Hawkins County, TN 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hawkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.4%.
Hawkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Carmel, TN is strongly conservative.
Hawkins County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol 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.
Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 776 contributions totaling $92,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 658 contributions totaling $173,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)