The small town of Smithville, TN (37166) is home to a tight-knit community of citizens who are passionate about their local politics. Political engagement in the area is high, and residents take advantage of the numerous opportunities to cast their votes and have their voices heard. Local elections are held on a regular basis, with residents voting for representatives at all levels of government - from City Council to State Senate. The people of Smithville take pride in being informed about current issues that affect their lives and those around them. They attend debates and townhall meetings to ask questions, share ideas, and exchange information. Through these channels, local candidates have an opportunity to reach out to voters directly and discuss how they plan to represent them. Residents are always eager to learn more about the candidates running for office so that they can make an informed decision on who they want representing them.
The political climate in Zip 37166 (Smithville, TN) is very conservative.
DeKalb County, TN is very conservative. In DeKalb County, TN 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.6%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37166 (Smithville, TN) is very conservative.
Smithville, Tennessee is very conservative.
DeKalb 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.
Smithville, 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 37166 (Smithville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $12,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $19,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)