Williston, TN is a small city located in the state of Tennessee. Despite its small size, Williston has an active and involved political community. Local politics are conducted by members of the City Council, who oversee many of the important civic decisions and laws that affect the citizens of Williston. The Mayor also plays an important role in local government, presiding over City Council meetings and providing guidance and advice to city staff. Residents of Williston can stay up to date with local politics by visiting the website for their city government or attending public meetings held by city officials. In addition to local government involvement, residents of Williston can also get involved in state and national politics by participating in elections or joining political organizations at either the state or national level. Ultimately, Williston residents have plenty of opportunities to become politically engaged if they choose to do so.
The political climate in Williston, TN is strongly 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
Williston, TN is strongly 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.
Williston, 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 Williston, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $13,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $26,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)