Hardin County, Tennessee is a small rural county located in the western part of the state. It has a long and proud history of political involvement, with many individuals having held political office over the years. The county is currently served by an elected Board of Commissioners who oversee all aspects of politics within the county, including taxation, public safety, infrastructure, and other important issues. Hardin County is also home to numerous local political organizations such as the Hardin County Republican Party and Hardin County Democratic Party. These organizations strive to ensure that citizens have fair representation when it comes to making decisions on important matters. Additionally, there are several local elected officials such as school board members and representatives in Congress who work to represent the interests of the community in their respective districts or offices. Overall, politics in Hardin County remain an integral part of life in this rural Tennessee community.
The political climate in Hardin County, TN is very conservative.
In Hardin County, TN 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.4%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hardin 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.
Hardin, 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 Hardin County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $48,615 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $73,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)