Moscow, Tennessee is a small town located in Fayette County. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is governed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The current mayor of Moscow is Jacob Turner who was elected in 2018 and won re-election in 2020. The board of aldermen consists of five members who each have four year terms. All are dedicated to serving the citizens of Moscow with their best interests in mind. The board works together to set policy and ensure that all decisions taken are in line with the wishes and needs of the local community. Additionally, there are several local political organizations that are active in Moscow such as the Moscow Republican Club, the Fayette County Democratic Party, and the Fayette County Libertarian Party which help promote civic engagement by organizing debates, hosting events, and encouraging residents to participate in local politics.
The political climate in Moscow, TN is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, TN is very conservative. In Fayette County, TN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moscow, TN is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Moscow, 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 Moscow, 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 41 contributions totaling $5,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)