Oakland, TN is a small city in Fayette County located near Memphis. It has a rich history and strong sense of community. Politically, Oakland is home to the Republican Party with county offices primarily filled by members of the GOP. There have been several local initiatives in recent years to support businesses, promote urban development and encourage civic engagement. Local representatives have also worked to ensure that Oakland receives its fair share of state funding for infrastructure improvements and public services. In addition, Oakland residents are active voters who come out for important elections at both the national and state level. As a result, the people of Oakland play an important role in the political process both locally and beyond.
The political climate in Oakland, 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
Oakland, 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.
Oakland, 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 Oakland, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $45,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 625 contributions totaling $197,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)