Rural Hill, TN is a small town with a population of around 3,000. It is located in the middle of Tennessee, about 45 miles away from the state capital of Nashville. The town has its own local government and elected officials who are responsible for managing the town’s services, such as public safety, housing, public works and parks. Each election cycle, candidates for mayor and city council are chosen by the citizens to ensure they have representatives who will best serve their interests. The political climate in Rural Hill usually leans toward fiscal conservatism and traditional values. Political debates often revolve around topics like taxes, infrastructure spending and economic development. Through elections and dialogue between local residents, Rural Hill is able to maintain its unique culture while continuing to grow economically.
The political climate in Rural Hill, TN is strongly conservative.
Wilson County, TN is very conservative. In Wilson County, TN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 29.9%.
Wilson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rural Hill, TN is strongly conservative.
Wilson 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.
Rural Hill, 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 Rural Hill, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,670 contributions totaling $355,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,353 contributions totaling $320,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)