Stanton, TN is a small town located in the heart of the Cumberland Mountains, and it has a long history of political involvement. From its earliest days as an independent town to today, Stanton has been at the forefront of local politics and legislation. The city currently has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected every four years while the council members are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Bill Smith who was elected in 2018. The council consists of eight members, four representing each ward in the City. They handle all matters related to Stanton's day-to-day operations such as approving budgets and ordinances as well as setting policy for the future. Residents are encouraged to participate in local elections in order to have their voices heard on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Stanton, TN is leaning liberal.
Haywood County, TN is somewhat liberal. In Haywood County, TN 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haywood county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.9%.
Haywood county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanton, TN is leaning liberal.
Haywood County, Tennessee 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.
Stanton, Tennessee: D D D D D d
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 Stanton, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)