The small town of Townsend, TN is located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and has a population of approximately 1,700 people. It is a rural, tight-knit community with strong ties to family and faith. Politics in this small town are largely conservative, with many locals rallying around Republican candidates for local and Federal offices. Many citizens volunteer their time to support local campaigns or donate money to organizations that share their values. The people of Townsend take pride in their hometown and they are passionate about voicing their opinions on local and national issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 37882 (Townsend, TN) is very conservative.
Blount County, TN is very conservative. In Blount County, TN 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37882 (Townsend, TN) is very conservative.
Townsend, Tennessee is very conservative.
Blount County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Townsend, 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 37882 (Townsend)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $11,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $15,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $582 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)