Gruetli-Laager, TN is a small rural town located in Grundy County and is part of the larger Southeast Tennessee region. It is known for its small-town charm and sense of community, as well as its commitment to regional politics. The city supports a strong local Republican Party that holds majority leadership in Grundy County as well as surrounding counties. Local Republicans have been active in advancing policies that focus on economic development and job growth within the county. The local Democratic Party has also been active in advocating for progressive issues such as education reform, healthcare improvements, and environmental protection. Both parties are committed to working together to make Gruetli-Laager an even better place to live.
The political climate in Gruetli-Laager, TN is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, TN is very conservative. In Grundy County, TN 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
Grundy county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gruetli-Laager, TN is strongly conservative.
Grundy 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.
Gruetli-Laager, 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 Gruetli-Laager, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 386 contributions totaling $6,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)