The small town of Byrdstown, TN, located in Fentress County with a population of 38549 residents, has a small but vibrant political scene. The town is represented by its three local representatives at the State House, Representative Kelly Keisling of the 41st District, Representative John Mark Windle of the 42nd District, and Senator Paul Bailey of the 13th District. Every two years during the general election the citizens of this rural community gather together to make their voices heard and decide who will represent them in state government. Local issues that have been addressed in recent years include education reform, environmental protection and infrastructure improvements. Though it is a small town, Byrdstown's politics are still important and impactful to its residents.
The political climate in Zip 38549 (Byrdstown, TN) is very conservative.
Pickett County, TN is very conservative. In Pickett County, TN 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.2% to 17.9%.
Pickett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38549 (Byrdstown, TN) is very conservative.
Byrdstown, Tennessee is very conservative.
Pickett 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.
Byrdstown, 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 zip 38549 (Byrdstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $96,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)