Friendsville, TN is a small town located in East Tennessee. The town has a rich and diverse political history that dates back to its founding in 1790. Since then, Friendsville has seen its share of local political candidates running for office, from both major parties as well as independents. Over the years, citizens of Friendsville have worked together to make their community stronger by working to ensure their elected officials are responsive to the needs of the people they serve. Despite hard times and difficult economic situations, the residents of Friendsville remain committed to ensuring their voices are heard in regards to local politics. Today, Friendsville is home to a number of engaged citizens who take pride in voting during elections and making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Friendsville, TN is strongly conservative.
Blount County, TN is very conservative. In Blount County, TN 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Friendsville, TN is strongly conservative.
Blount County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Friendsville, 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 Friendsville, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $17,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $89,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)