Dyer County, Tennessee is located in the northwest corner of the state and is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Area. The county has a long tradition of politicial engagement, with active voting participation and many competitive local elections. Residents have a wide range of political beliefs, and while few candidates have national party affiliations, they all are committed to improving life in Dyer County. Local elections focus on issues such as education, infrastructure, economic development and public safety. Candidates strive to keep taxes low while providing essential services to residents. The county also works hard to attract new businesses to create employment opportunities for its citizens. In addition, candidates emphasize environmental protection efforts that promote quality of life in Dyer County.
The political climate in Dyer County, TN is very conservative.
In Dyer County, TN 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dyer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.9%.
Dyer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dyer County, TN is very conservative.
Dyersburg 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.
Dyer, 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 Dyer County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $24,468 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $223,203 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)