Selmer, TN is a small town located in McNairy County with a population of approximately 3,535 people. It has been an important area for many years and has a rich political history. In recent years, the town has had local candidates for various positions within the city government, including Mayor and Alderman. These candidates have come from both major parties as well as independent candidates who wish to represent the town on a local level. Although elections are often lively and competitive in Selmer, it remains an important part of civic engagement in the community. The importance of politics in Selmer is evident through voter turnout numbers at local elections which are regularly high compared to other parts of McNairy County. Through their participation in local politics, the citizens of Selmer remain informed about their leaders' intentions and are able to communicate their needs and wants to those representatives on a regular basis.
The political climate in Zip 38375 (Selmer, TN) is strongly conservative.
McNairy County, TN is very conservative. In McNairy County, TN 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McNairy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.2%.
McNairy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38375 (Selmer, TN) is strongly conservative.
Selmer, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
McNairy 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.
Selmer, 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 38375 (Selmer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $5,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $8,761 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)