Gates, TN is a small rural town located in the southern part of the state. Its political landscape is largely conservative, with most people leaning towards traditional values and conservative policies. The town has a local government composed of a mayor, four city council members, several other elected officials, and various appointed boards and committees. Local elections are held every two years to choose new representatives for each office. Every election cycle brings a new set of candidates who share their own ideas on how to best meet the needs of the community. While there are always differences in opinion between them, they all strive to do what's best for Gates and its citizens.
The political climate in Gates, TN is moderately conservative.
Lauderdale County, TN is strongly conservative. In Lauderdale County, TN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lauderdale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 35.6%.
Lauderdale county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gates, TN is moderately conservative.
Lauderdale County, Tennessee is strongly 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.
Gates, Tennessee: D d 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 Gates, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)