Grainger County, located in the northeast part of Tennessee, is a rural area with a population of just over 22,000 people. Although it is a small county, its politics are diverse and complex. The county is divided into two districts for the state House of Representatives and two for the Senate. Grainger County also has several city councils that help to govern within local towns or communities. All political decisions are made by elected officials who have been chosen by their constituents to represent their interests. Additionally, all major elections such as presidential, state-wide, and local elections take place here every two years. With so many people involved in the political process, Grainger County is an important part of the broader Tennessee political landscape.
The political climate in Grainger County, TN is very conservative.
In Grainger County, TN 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grainger county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.5% to 14.5%.
Grainger county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grainger County, TN is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Grainger, 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 Grainger County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $8,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $47,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)