Chestnut Mound, Tennessee is a small rural town located in the southeastern part of the state. With a population of around 600 people, Chestnut Mound is composed of a tight-knit community of families and businesses that enjoy the close-knit atmosphere. While the town itself does not have any local political candidates or an official government, its citizens are well aware of state and national politics. Most residents are involved with voting for their representatives and opinion polls to keep up to date with current events and issues that concern them. The local newspaper often covers stories about Tennessee politics and keeps the citizens informed about what is going on beyond their own borders. Despite being a smaller community, the people of Chestnut Mound understand the importance of participating in their local, state, and national politics as an active part of American democracy.
The political climate in Zip 38552 (Chestnut Mound, TN) is very conservative.
Smith County, TN is very conservative. In Smith County, TN 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 19.9%.
Smith county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38552 (Chestnut Mound, TN) is very conservative.
Chestnut Mound, Tennessee is very conservative.
Smith County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Chestnut Mound, 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 38552 (Chestnut Mound)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)