Vanleer, TN is a small town in western Tennessee with a strong sense of community and pride. Politics play an important role in the town’s culture as local leaders work to improve the quality of life for residents. Vanleer operates under a mayor-council form of government, with elected representatives serving on the council and an elected mayor leading the way. Since Vanleer is such a small town, most candidates are well known by the community and campaigns tend to be highly localized. Residents take their civic duty seriously and turn out in large numbers for local elections held every two years to choose their representatives on the council and mayor. Issues important to Vanleer citizens include economic development, education and public safety. Community members stay up to date on political events in order to make informed decisions when it comes time to cast their vote.
The political climate in Vanleer, TN is very conservative.
Dickson County, TN is very conservative. In Dickson County, TN 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.1%.
Dickson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vanleer, TN is very conservative.
Dickson 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.
Vanleer, Tennessee: d 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 Vanleer, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $3,845 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)