Wayne County, Tennessee is located in the western region of the state and is home to a diverse population. The county is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners that are elected by the people of Wayne County. These commissioners are responsible for approving county laws and regulations as well as providing general oversight over the county government. The county also has its own mayor who serves as an executive leader and guides the policy initiatives taken by the Board of Commissioners. Additionally, each town within Wayne County typically elects their own mayor or town supervisor to manage local affairs and represent their community at the county level. All of these individuals work together to ensure that Wayne County residents have access to quality public services, safe neighborhoods, and economic opportunity.
The political climate in Wayne County, TN is very conservative.
In Wayne County, TN 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.9% to 12.3%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 230 contributions totaling $21,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $18,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)