Shackle Island, TN is a small town located in the southeastern corner of Tennessee. It is home to many hardworking citizens who take great pride in their local politics. Each four years, local residents come out in force to elect local officials for positions such as mayor, councilmembers, and school board members. The most recent election saw an influx of younger politicians vying for the same positions as more experienced incumbents. This resulted in a lively campaign season that included debates and canvassing throughout the community. The results of this election showed that Shackle Island's citizens are open-minded and willing to embrace new ideas while also valuing experience. As such, Shackle Island is seeing a resurgence of engagement in local politics as its citizens strive for positive change within their community.
The political climate in Shackle Island, TN is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, TN is very conservative. In Sumner County, TN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.9%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shackle Island, TN is strongly conservative.
Sumner 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.
Shackle Island, 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 Shackle Island, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,762 contributions totaling $348,444 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,219 contributions totaling $657,057 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)