The small town of Tellico Plains, TN is located in Monroe County and is a great place to live and visit. The town has an active political atmosphere with many local groups advocating for the interests of citizens. Residents take an active role in politics by attending meetings, participating in debates and rallies, and voting on important town decisions. Local politicians work hard to make sure Tellico Plains remains an attractive place to live and that its citizens have access to quality services. They also keep up with current trends on a national level and strive to address issues that are important to their constituents.
The political climate in Tellico Plains, TN is strongly conservative.
Monroe County, TN is very conservative. In Monroe County, TN 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.1%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tellico Plains, TN is strongly conservative.
Monroe 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.
Tellico Plains, 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 Tellico Plains, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 228 contributions totaling $6,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $12,736 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)