Meigs County, TN is a small rural county located in the southeastern part of Tennessee. It has a population of around 8,500 people and is primarily made up of family-owned farms and small businesses. Political views in this area are generally conservative and focus on traditional values such as fiscal responsibility, limited government spending, and social issues such as education and gun rights. Local elections take place every two years to decide who will serve in Meigs County's Board of Commissioners as well as other local offices such as mayor, school board, sheriff, etc. The results of these elections often reflect the conservative nature of the county with winners typically being from the Republican party. Local candidates for office usually have deep roots in the community and many come from long-time family businesses or farms. Issues that affect the county are discussed during campaign season and voters are quick to make their voices heard at election time.
The political climate in Meigs County, TN is very conservative.
In Meigs County, TN 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meigs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.2%.
Meigs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meigs 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.
Meigs, 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 Meigs County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $22,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $43,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)