Red Bank, TN is a small town located in Hamilton County. It is home to just over 12,000 residents who are involved in the local politics of the community. In Red Bank, political decisions are made by an elected mayor and six city council members. These elected officials also serve as the representatives for the citizens of Red Bank on regional issues like transportation and education. The citizens of Red Bank have a vested interest in their local government and regularly engage with their representatives to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions that will directly affect them. Every election cycle candidates from both major political parties present themselves as potential representatives for the citizens of Red Bank. They must campaign vigorously to earn the trust and support of the community if they wish to be victorious at election time.
The political climate in Red Bank, TN is leaning conservative.
Hamilton County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Hamilton County, TN 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Red Bank, TN is leaning conservative.
Hamilton County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly 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.
Red Bank, 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 Red Bank, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,468 contributions totaling $870,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,301 contributions totaling $1,167,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)