Henry, TN County is a bustling area in the heart of Tennessee. Politically, it is an area with very active citizens who participate in elections and get involved in their local government. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners who are elected to two-year terms. The county also has its own mayor, school board, and numerous other local government offices that are managed by elected officials. Henry County residents are passionate about their community and take their civic duties seriously when it comes to electing the people they want to represent them in office. This ensures that the people elected will truly have the best interests of the county at heart when making important decisions for its future.
The political climate in Henry County, TN is very conservative.
In Henry County, TN 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.6%.
Henry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Henry County, TN is very conservative.
Paris Metro Area is very 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.
Henry, Tennessee: d 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 Henry County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 950 contributions totaling $38,055 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $132,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)