Charleston, TN is a city located in Bradley County, Tennessee. It is a small city with a population of about 5,000 people. While the city and county are largely politically conservative, there is still a strong presence of progressive and liberal ideologies. For instance, the mayor of Charleston is a Democrat who has been in office since 2007. The council members are generally Conservative or Independent. Every election cycle brings new candidates to the local political scene, all vying for the chance to represent their constituents in city government and make decisions that affect their everyday lives. The local citizens take part by visiting the polls on Election Day and voicing their opinion on important issues that could shape Charleston's future.
The political climate in Charleston, TN is strongly conservative.
Bradley County, TN is very conservative. In Bradley County, TN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.5%.
Bradley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Charleston, TN is strongly conservative.
Bradley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Cleveland 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.
Charleston, 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 Charleston, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $2,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $30,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,060 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)