Gainesboro, TN is a small town located in the northern part of the state with a population of around 2,500 people. It is governed by the city council consisting of five members who are elected by popular vote. The mayor is elected separately from the council members and serves as the leader of local government. There is also one representative at the county level that represents Gainesboro’s interests in the Tennessee General Assembly. In recent times, this particular district has been strongly Democratic, so local candidates tend to run on that party line. In terms of other politics, residents are often passionate about conservation efforts and preserving Gainesboro's rural character. Overall, politics in Gainesboro generally revolve around respecting the importance of tradition while embracing progress at the same time.
The political climate in Zip 38562 (Gainesboro, TN) is very conservative.
Jackson County, TN is very conservative. In Jackson County, TN 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.3%.
Jackson county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38562 (Gainesboro, TN) is very conservative.
Gainesboro, Tennessee is very conservative.
Jackson County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Cookeville 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.
Gainesboro, Tennessee: D D d 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 zip 38562 (Gainesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $7,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)