Watertown, TN is a small town located in Wilson County. It has a long history of political participation with residents actively engaging in local elections. The town is governed by an elected mayor and five-person board of commissioners. Each of the five commissioners represents one of the five wards in the city and are elected to four-year terms. Every two years, there is an election for mayor and all the ward commissioners, as well as any special referendums or initiatives that may be on the ballot. This gives citizens opportunities to make their voices heard and shape the direction of their community through their vote.
The political climate in Watertown, TN is strongly conservative.
Wilson County, TN is very conservative. In Wilson County, TN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 29.9%.
Wilson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watertown, TN is strongly conservative.
Wilson 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.
Watertown, 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 Watertown, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $19,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $34,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)