Selmer, TN is a small town located in McNairy county. It is surrounded by rolling hills and wide open spaces, and is known for its friendly people and community spirit. Politics is an important topic in Selmer, with elections for local offices taking place every two years. The town has representation on the County Commission, School Board, City Council, and other areas of local government. Residents regularly show up to the polls to have their voices heard and make sure that they are represented in the decisions affecting their lives. During election cycles, candidates come out in full force to attend events and debates to discuss policy issues most relevant to the people of Selmer. The town is proud of its political involvement and takes pride in its ability to come together as a community during election season.
The political climate in Selmer, TN is strongly conservative.
McNairy County, TN is very conservative. In McNairy County, TN 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McNairy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.2%.
McNairy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Selmer, TN is strongly conservative.
McNairy 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.
Selmer, 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 Selmer, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 299 contributions totaling $17,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $29,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)