Big Sandy, TN is a small rural town located in 38221. With a population of just over 2,800, it has a tight-knit community that values traditional values and strong family bonds. Politically, the town leans heavily towards conservative ideologies with local candidates often running on platforms promoting smaller government and traditional values. The town is fairly divided but generally supportive of its local political representatives no matter their party affiliation. Residents take pride in their small hometown and are passionate about participating in the political process to ensure their voices are heard both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 38221 (Big Sandy, TN) is very conservative.
Benton County, TN is very conservative. In Benton County, TN 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.1%.
Benton county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38221 (Big Sandy, TN) is very conservative.
Big Sandy, Tennessee is very conservative.
Benton County, Tennessee 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.
Big Sandy, Tennessee: D d 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 zip 38221 (Big Sandy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $1,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)