McNairy County, Tennessee is a rural county located in the western part of the state. Politically, it leans conservative and has elected mostly Republican candidates in recent elections. The county has seen issues such as job creation, poverty reduction and public education become important topics to each election cycle. Residents prioritize keeping taxes low and ensuring jobs are made available in their communities. The current sheriff is John Mehr who was first elected in 2018 and he works hard to ensure the safety of his constituents. Furthermore, McNairy County is an influential part of the 4th Congressional District which will be voted on this November 2020 with long time incumbent Scott DesJarlais being challenged by State Representative Chris Todd. This race will be one to watch as it could determine the future of many issues affecting Tennesseans across the state.
The political climate in McNairy County, TN is very conservative.
In McNairy County, TN 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McNairy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.2%.
McNairy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McNairy 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.
McNairy, 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 McNairy County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $10,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $30,041 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)