Henderson County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. It has a rich history as it was part of the territory ceded to the United States by the Chickasaw Nation in 1818. Over the years, Henderson County has seen growth and development that has made it an important part of the region. The county is governed by a commission with three elected commissioners who are responsible for setting policy and approving budgets. Every two years, voters elect representatives to serve on the state legislature in Nashville and members of Congress at both the national and local levels. In addition, local elections are held every four years to elect mayors, city council members, school board members, and other officials in each municipality within Henderson County. With such an engaged citizenry, politics in Henderson County are often lively and passionate affairs for those involved.
The political climate in Henderson County, TN is very conservative.
In Henderson County, TN 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 17.4%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Henderson County, TN is very conservative.
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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.
Henderson, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Henderson County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $8,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 164 contributions totaling $36,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)