Lawrence County, Tennessee is a largely rural county located in the southern part of the state. The county seat is Lawrenceburg and the total population according to the last census was estimated at 41,329 people. As with most rural counties, there is limited political representation at the local level. Most elections in Lawrence County are carried out on a nonpartisan basis with no political party affiliation as a requirement for candidates to be elected. Currently, there are two county commissioners and one county mayor that represent the interests of Lawrence County residents in local government decisions. These positions are filled through public elections which are held every four years. Additionally, Lawrence County citizens have a voice in local politics by voting for state representatives and senators who represent their district's interests in the Tennessee General Assembly.
The political climate in Lawrence County, TN is very conservative.
In Lawrence County, TN 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.9% to 17.1%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence County, TN is very conservative.
Lawrenceburg 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.
Lawrence, 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 Lawrence County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $29,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 238 contributions totaling $46,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)