The politics in 37762 Jellico, TN are heavily influenced by regional issues and state-wide legislation. With a population of 2,337 people according to the 2019 United States Census Bureau estimates, this small town is located in Campbell County and is represented in the Tennessee House of Representatives by Republican John Ragan. While there are no local political candidates running in Jellico, residents are strongly encouraged to get involved in their county and state politics to ensure that their voices are heard. The citizens of Jellico take pride in taking action on issues that they feel passionate about and strive to have an impact on the political process.
The political climate in Zip 37762 (Jellico, TN) is strongly conservative.
Campbell County, TN is very conservative. In Campbell County, TN 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.6% to 16.3%.
Campbell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37762 (Jellico, TN) is strongly conservative.
Jellico, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Campbell 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.
Jellico, Tennessee: d 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 37762 (Jellico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)