Pickett County is a small rural community located in Tennessee. Despite its small population, the county has an active and engaged political scene. Every election year, local citizens come out in droves to support their favorite candidates for office. The races vary from city council members to school board trustees, but all of them involve hardworking individuals who are passionate about the well-being of Pickett County and its citizens. The current political landscape features many voices from across the political spectrum, providing Pickett County residents with lots of choice when it comes to who they want to represent them. This vibrant democracy keeps the county running smoothly and ensures that everyone's voice is heard in decision making processes.
The political climate in Pickett County, TN is very conservative.
In Pickett County, TN 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.2% to 17.9%.
Pickett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pickett 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.
Pickett, 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 Pickett County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $96,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)