Erwin, TN is a small town located in Unicoi County in the state of Tennessee. It is home to a population of 5,754 people according to the 2019 United States census. With such a small population, Erwin is only served by local government and politics are primarily concerned with improving the lives of its citizens and making sure their needs are met. As such, there are no local political candidates running for office in Erwin. Instead, all political decisions regarding the town are made through meetings between city council members and representatives from various organizations within the community. Through these meetings, Erwin's residents can voice their concerns and opinions on how best to move forward with local issues. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of city council members to decide what actions should be taken in order to meet the needs of the town's citizens while helping to create an environment that encourages growth and prosperity for everyone living there.
The political climate in Zip 37650 (Erwin, TN) is strongly conservative.
Unicoi County, TN is very conservative. In Unicoi County, TN 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Unicoi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.4%.
Unicoi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37650 (Erwin, TN) is strongly conservative.
Erwin, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Unicoi County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson City 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.
Erwin, 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 37650 (Erwin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $3,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $41,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $605 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)