Roane County, TN is a vibrant and diverse community located in the eastern part of the state. The county has a long history of political engagement, with a significant number of citizens actively involved in local politics. Roane County is home to many prominent political figures, including US Congressmen Chuck Fleischmann and Phil Roe; both represent Tennessee’s Third District in Washington D.C. Local politics are further reflected in the presence of numerous state representatives and senators who represent Roane County in the Tennessee State Legislature. In addition, many other elected officials serve at the county level, such as school board members, county commissioners, sheriff deputies and city council members. Many citizens also take part in grassroots campaigns and movements to support candidates or promote specific policies that they deem necessary for their particular community. Through a combination of active participation from citizens on all levels of politics, Roane County is able to maintain its strong sense of community and commitment to democracy.
The political climate in Roane County, TN is very conservative.
In Roane County, TN 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roane county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.3%.
Roane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roane County, TN is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Roane, 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 Roane County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 715 contributions totaling $41,674 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 571 contributions totaling $197,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)