Crab Orchard, TN is a small rural town in the Appalachian Mountains that prides itself on its traditional values and unique sense of community. The local government works hard to ensure the well-being of all its citizens and is dedicated to keeping the town鈥檚 heritage alive. All of the major decisions affecting Crab Orchard are made by members of the City Council, and all political candidates must be endorsed by a majority of the citizens for them to take office. There are no national or state level politicians representing Crab Orchard, as the citizens prefer to stick to more local politics. This helps keep their voices heard and ensures that any changes made in their community are reflective of what they want and need.
The political climate in Crab Orchard, TN is very conservative.
Cumberland County, TN is very conservative. In Cumberland County, TN 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crab Orchard, TN is very conservative.
Cumberland County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Crossville Metro Area is very 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.
Crab Orchard, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Crab Orchard, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 840 contributions totaling $79,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 495 contributions totaling $86,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)