Dresden, Tennessee is a small town located in Weakley County. It has a population of roughly 3,000 people and is the county seat of Weakley County. The city government of Dresden consists of a mayor and five members of the city council who are elected at-large for four year terms. The current mayor is Raye Jones Alderidge and the city council members are Thomas Saunders, Robert Harris, Donna Smith, John Deaton, and Frank Cothron. In addition to public meetings held by these local leaders, Dresden residents may participate in various activities sponsored by their local government such as neighborhood cleanups or other community initiatives. Dresden's political landscape is composed of citizens with diverse opinions and beliefs who strive to make their town a better place to live for all.
The political climate in Dresden, TN is strongly conservative.
Weakley County, TN is very conservative. In Weakley County, TN 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weakley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.0%.
Weakley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dresden, TN is strongly conservative.
Weakley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Martin 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.
Dresden, 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 Dresden, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $61,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $21,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)