Lyles, TN is a small rural town in Middle Tennessee. Politics in Lyles is largely driven by the local government, as well as by individual citizens. The town features an elected mayor and six city council members who are responsible for making decisions on the town's behalf. As a relatively small population center, Lyles does not feature national or state political candidates running for office. Instead, it focuses on local issues such as economic growth, education, infrastructure, public safety, and quality of life. This focus on local problems allows residents to have an immediate impact on their community through voting in local elections and participating in local civic activities. Furthermore, Lyles boasts a variety of volunteer organizations which serve to aid its people with important projects like park maintenance and charitable fund raisers. This serves to bring the citizens together while furthering the development of their town. Ultimately, politics in Lyles is shaped by the people who call it home and it remains a great example of how civic engagement can make a difference even if one is living in a small area like Middle Tennessee.
The political climate in Lyles, TN is strongly conservative.
Hickman County, TN is very conservative. In Hickman County, TN 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hickman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.7%.
Hickman county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lyles, TN is strongly conservative.
Hickman County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lyles, Tennessee: D 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 Lyles, 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 16 contributions totaling $1,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)