Rives, TN is a small rural town located in Middle Tennessee. The town has a strong sense of community and local pride, which is reflected in their politics. Rives residents typically vote on matters that will affect the local area, such as taxes, school funding, and infrastructure improvements. Local candidates focus on issues that are important to the people living in the town, such as job creation and economic development. Political participation is encouraged by residents who take part in events like candidate forums and town hall meetings. As a result of all of this activity, political discourse within Rives is vibrant and passionate.
The political climate in Rives, TN is very conservative.
Obion County, TN is very conservative. In Obion County, TN 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Obion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 19.1%.
Obion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rives, TN is very conservative.
Obion County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Union 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.
Rives, 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 Rives, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $5,055 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $159,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $796 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)