Hancock County, Tennessee is a rural county located in the northwest corner of the state. The county seat is Sneedville, which is also the largest town in the area. It has a population of around 6,000 people and covers an area of about 120 square miles. Politically, Hancock County leans heavily towards Republican candidates during elections. In recent years, Republican Party candidates have been elected to the county's mayoralty as well as various other local offices such as sheriff, assessor, and judge. Additionally, residents vote heavily for Republican candidates in statewide races. This trend is largely due to the conservative values held by many of Hancock's citizens. There are also several organizations that educate voters on political matters and encourage participation in local elections such as The Hancock County Voters League and The Patriot Group. These groups often work with local candidates to ensure their views are represented at the polls and help ensure fair elections for all citizens of Hancock County.
The political climate in Hancock County, TN is very conservative.
In Hancock County, TN 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.4% to 13.2%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hancock 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.
Hancock, 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 Hancock County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)