Cumberland County, Tennessee is a small county located in the northern part of the state. It has an estimated population of around 30,000 people and is home to many small towns and cities like Crossville, Crab Orchard, Pleasant Hill, and Grassy Cove. Politically, Cumberland County is traditionally conservative but there are also pockets of more progressive voters throughout the area. The County Commission consists of five elected officials who make decisions on budgeting, infrastructure improvements, zoning regulations, and other important local matters. At the state level, there are several representatives from both major parties who work on behalf of constituents in Cumberland County. On the national level, Cumberland County is represented by two U.S. Senators from Tennessee and one U.S House Representative from that district for Congress.
The political climate in Cumberland County, TN is very conservative.
In Cumberland County, TN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cumberland County, TN is very conservative.
Crossville 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.
Cumberland, 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 Cumberland County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,981 contributions totaling $101,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,396 contributions totaling $164,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)