These Are The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Tennessee

Well that was one heck of a nomination process for the Republican Party. Never in my life time have I see anything like it — given that’s a relatively short lifetime, but who’s counting?

And now that we’re headed towards the big November election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Tennessee would be the most likely to back Donald Trump.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Volunteer State?

In order to do so, we turned our sites on measuring how each city in Tennessee with populations greater than 5,000 voted in 2012. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted republican in 2012 were crowned the most conservative cities in the state:

1. Sevierville (Photos)
2. Pigeon Forge (Photos)
3. Cleveland (Photos)
4. Lenoir City (Photos)
5. Loudon (Photos)
6. Elizabethton (Photos)
7. Savannah (Photos)
8. Jefferson City
9. Fayetteville (Photos)
10. Crossville (Photos)

If you’re wondering, Memphis is the most liberal city in Tennessee of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Tennessee.

How we determined the most Conservative cities in Tennessee

We started by making a list of every place in Tennessee over 5,000 people based on the 2014 American Community Survey that aren’t ‘CDPs’. That left us with more than 95 places in Tennessee.

We then measured the voting record and census data to determine which cities lean the most rightwing in their allegiances. Basically, what percentage of a city voted conservative in the 2012 elecetion?

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 95, and the winner is ‘The Most Conservative City in Tennessee.’

Let’s go through these conservative places, shall we?

1. Sevierville

Population: 15,903
Percent Conservative: 76.73%

2. Pigeon Forge

Population: 6,039
Percent Conservative: 76.73%

3. Cleveland

Population: 42,895
Percent Conservative: 76.25%

4. Lenoir City

Population: 8,943
Percent Conservative: 75.69%

5. Loudon

Population: 5,653
Percent Conservative: 75.69%

6. Elizabethton

Population: 14,058
Percent Conservative: 75.2%

7. Savannah

Population: 7,032
Percent Conservative: 75.14%

8. Jefferson City

Population: 8,396
Percent Conservative: 74.25%

9. Fayetteville

Population: 7,060
Percent Conservative: 73.89%

10. Crossville

Population: 11,245
Percent Conservative: 73.88%

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds

Well there you have it, the places in Tennessee that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Sevierville ranking as the least conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the most conservative cities in Tennessee:

1. Memphis
2. Bartlett
3. Lakeland

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Detailed List Of The Most Conservative Cities In Tennessee