Unicoi, TN is a small town located in the northeast corner of Tennessee. It has a long history as an agricultural community and is still home to many farms today. Politics in Unicoi are mostly focused around local government and county-wide elections. The County Commission oversees the budget for the county, while city council members make decisions about local issues such as zoning laws, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives. Voters in Unicoi have the opportunity to vote for the mayor and five at-large city council members during every municipal election cycle. The mayor and city council members serve four-year terms, with half of the seats up for election every two years. There are also several other elected officials in Unicoi who are responsible for law enforcement, education, and public safety services within their respective jurisdictions.
The political climate in Unicoi, TN is strongly conservative.
Unicoi County, TN is very conservative. In Unicoi County, TN 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Unicoi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.4%.
Unicoi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Unicoi, TN is strongly conservative.
Unicoi County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson City Metro Area 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.
Unicoi, 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 Unicoi, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,488 contributions totaling $83,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 439 contributions totaling $164,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)