Spencer, TN (38585) is located in rural Northeast Tennessee and is a part of Hawkins County. The small town has a strong sense of community with many residents actively involved in local politics. At the top of the political hierarchy for Spencer is the Mayor and five Aldermen who are elected to serve on the City Council. They take on responsibility for managing local government, creating policies, and addressing local issues that affect daily life in Spencer. In addition to local government officials, state representatives are also active in the community, representing Spencer's interests at the state level. These representatives monitor changes to state laws and regulations that can affect Spencer citizens and ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important matters in Tennessee. With these leaders working together, Spencer remains an engaged and empowered community with its citizens actively participating in politics and collaborating with elected officials to ensure their needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 38585 (Spencer, TN) is very conservative.
Van Buren County, TN is very conservative. In Van Buren County, TN 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Van Buren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.6%.
Van Buren county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38585 (Spencer, TN) is very conservative.
Spencer, Tennessee is very conservative.
Van Buren 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.
Spencer, Tennessee: D d 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 38585 (Spencer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)