Somerville, TN is a small rural town located in Fayette County, Tennessee. The local government consists of a mayor and their Town Council who work together to ensure the well-being of the citizens. Each year the citizens vote for candidates who are committed to making positive changes and improvements to the community. These elected officials strive to make sure all residents are provided with basic services such as water, sewer, police protection, road maintenance, and other public works projects. They also work hard to promote job growth by providing incentives to local businesses and helping attract new ones. Many important decisions are made by these city leaders every year, so it is important that they have the support of their constituents. It is up to the citizens of Somerville to make sure their voices are heard and that their elected officials serve them well.
The political climate in Somerville, TN is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, TN is very conservative. In Fayette County, TN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerville, TN is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Somerville, 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 Somerville, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $26,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $45,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)