Dyersburg, TN is a small town located in western Tennessee with an estimated population of 17,145. It is the county seat of Dyer County and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and five council members are voted in for four-year terms with one council member elected at large and four elected from wards. The current mayor of Dyersburg is John Holden and the current council members are Robert Jones, David Shearin, Jody Davis, Tommie Smith and William Warren. With such a small community, local politics are focused on improving the quality of life for residents, creating jobs, providing services to citizens, and managing the town’s budget responsibly. All candidates have made it clear that they will prioritize these issues as they serve their term in office.
The political climate in Dyersburg, TN is moderately conservative.
Dyer County, TN is very conservative. In Dyer County, TN 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dyer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.9%.
Dyer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dyersburg, TN is moderately conservative.
Dyer County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Dyersburg 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.
Dyersburg, 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 Dyersburg, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,288 contributions totaling $180,784 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,192 contributions totaling $1,728,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)