Telford, TN is a small community located in East Tennessee. The government of Telford consists of a mayor and five town council members who are elected to four-year terms. The mayor and the council oversee the overall governance of the city, including setting policy, managing budgeting, and representing the citizens. The town works hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality public services. In recent years, efforts have been made to invest in infrastructure improvements and provide more resources for its citizens. Local politics is an important part of life in Telford with citizens actively engaging in civic discourse as well as voting each election cycle to ensure their voices are heard. The city holds regular public meetings at which citizens can express their opinions on local issues or concerns they may have about the community.
The political climate in Telford, TN is strongly conservative.
Washington County, TN is very conservative. In Washington County, TN 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 31.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Telford, TN is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson 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.
Telford, 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 Telford, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $4,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)