Robertson, TN County is a county located in the US state of Tennessee. The county has a rich political history, with a variety of Republican and Democratic candidates vying for local office. Currently, the county has two Republican-affiliated officials representing them in Congress: Representative Marsha Blackburn and Senator Lamar Alexander. On the state level, representatives from both major parties are present in Robertson County. Both Republicans and Democrats can be found on the Robertson County Commission as well as other boards and commissions. Local elections usually feature multiple candidates from both major parties competing for positions ranging from school board members to mayors to county commissioners. Voter turnout is typically strong in Robertson County, with residents taking an active role in choosing their representatives.
The political climate in Robertson County, TN is very conservative.
In Robertson County, TN 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Robertson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.8%.
Robertson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Robertson County, TN 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.
Robertson, 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 Robertson County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 632 contributions totaling $74,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $140,419 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)