Bradford, TN is a small town located in central Tennessee. It is a great place to live with access to lots of outdoor activities and amenities. The town has a long history of political involvement with many residents actively engaging in local politics and campaigns. Bradford has several local government entities, such as the school board, town council and county commission. Residents also elect representatives to the state House and Senate who represent Bradford’s interests in Nashville, the state capital. In recent years, there have been several hotly contested races between candidates from both major parties as well as independents vying for positions on the local government bodies. Every election cycle sees passionate campaigning and debates over issues that are important to citizens of Bradford.
The political climate in Bradford, TN is strongly conservative.
Gibson County, TN is very conservative. In Gibson County, TN 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gibson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.8%.
Gibson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradford, TN is strongly conservative.
Gibson County, Tennessee 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.
Bradford, Tennessee: d 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 Bradford, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $602 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)