Colonial Heights, TN is a small town located in Hamilton County. Although the population of the town is relatively small, politics still play an important role in the community. Local politics involve the election of city council members and a mayor who work together to make decisions that will benefit the town and its residents. The mayor is responsible for representing the needs and wants of Colonial Heights citizens at county meetings and conferences. Meanwhile, city council members are responsible for addressing local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Elections are held every two years to decide who should serve on the city council as well as who should be the town's mayor. These elections are a great opportunity for citizens to get involved with their local government and express their opinions on how their city should be run.
The political climate in Colonial Heights, TN is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, TN is very conservative. In Sullivan County, TN 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.2%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colonial Heights, TN is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol 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.
Colonial Heights, 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 Colonial Heights, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 550 contributions totaling $30,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 434 contributions totaling $75,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)