Politics Like much of East Tennessee, Fentress County is powerfully Republican, and has generally been favorable to that party ever since the Civil War. Since then, only two Democrats, Southerners Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 have carried Fentress County. Since 2000, the county has shifted further and further to the right.
Politics Like much of East Tennessee, Fentress County is powerfully Republican, and has generally been favorable to that party ever since the Civil War. Since then only two Democrats, Southerners Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 have carried Fentress County. ,Since 2000, the county has shifted further and further to the right.