Marshall County, TN is a place of political diversity and is home to many different perspectives when it comes to local politics. The county is currently represented by the following elected officials: State Senator Brian Kelsey, State Representatives Bob Ramsey, Johnny Shaw, Ron Gant, and Chris Hurt; U.S. Representative David Kustoff; and State Senator Shane Reeves. At the county level, current Marshal County Mayor Joe Boydston has been in office since 2018 and serves as the county administrator overseeing all departments while leading the board of commissioners in its legislative decision-making process. In addition to the mayor’s office, there are several elected positions held by citizens of Marshall County including Trustee, Sheriff, Register of Deeds and Circuit Court Clerk. Every election cycle sees a variety of candidates running for these offices from both major parties, giving voters multiple choices on who they want to represent them in government policy making decisions that directly affect Marshall County residents.
The political climate in Marshall County, TN is very conservative.
In Marshall County, TN 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.2%.
Marshall county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall County, TN is very conservative.
Lewisburg 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.
Marshall, 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 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 Marshall County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 560 contributions totaling $27,672 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $102,763 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $565 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)