Editing Sevier County, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
The head of the Sevier County government, the county mayor (known as county executive until 2003), is elected in county-wide elections. The mayor serves along with a 25-member board of elected commissioners representing districts covering the many small communities spread across the county.

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|35,207|8,322|441|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|33,783|8,721|1,031|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|28,629|6,297|1,386|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|25,984|7,418|462|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|24,922|8,604|415|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|22,143|8,621|206|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|16,734|8,208|423|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|11,847|7,136|1,863|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|11,714|6,719|2,833|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|11,920|3,643|68|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|12,517|3,384|140|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,576|3,450|413|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|7,608|3,993|213|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|8,273|1,128|177|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|7,629|1,112|1,476|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|6,821|2,995|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|7,818|1,341|33|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,950|1,043|45|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,244|1,066|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,049|840|114|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,930|711|10|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,569|1,181|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|4,126|1,144|38|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|3,075|887|31|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,858|308|5|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,517|448|24|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|6,006|404|7|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,837|301|1|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|967|341|2,411|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,130|291|2|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,886|300|5|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,595|382|6|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|3,376|428|4|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,463|461|73|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,830|489|50|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|2,242|468|16|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|2,052|431|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|1,540|342|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|1,176|138|0|Tennessee}}
{{PresFoot|1868|Republican|1,264|41|0|Tennessee}}
Sevier County, like most of East Tennessee, votes strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in Presidential elections. The only election in which a Republican failed to carry it was in [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]], when the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] carried it. It has not been carried by a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] since [[1832 United States presidential election|1832]], when it went for [[Andrew Jackson]]. In 1916 it gave [[Charles Evans Hughes|Charles Hughes]] 90.38 percent of the vote—reportedly his highest percentage of any county in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1916&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=1916 Presidential Election Statistics}}</ref> In 1932 [[Herbert Hoover]] received 77.01% of the vote<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1932&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=1932 Presidential Election Statistics}}</ref> and in 1936 [[Alf Landon]] received 77.73%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1936&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=1936 Presidential Election Statistics}}</ref> Since 1916 no Republican candidate has received less than 55% of the county's vote and in 2008 [[John McCain]] received 73.4%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/results/president/map.html?scp=1&sq=%2522election+map&st=cse|title=President Map - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times|website=www.nytimes.com}}</ref>  All of the county's state legislators are Republicans, and Republican candidates routinely garner well over 70 percent of the vote on the occasions they face opposition at all.

At local elections, the county is similarly Republican. However, the county backed Senator [[Al Gore]] in [[1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee|1990]] and Governor [[Phil Bredesen]] in [[2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election|2006]] in landslides.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1990 Senatorial General Election Results - Tennessee|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1990&off=3&class=2&elect=0&fips=47&f=0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2006 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Tennessee|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=47&year=2006&f=0&off=5&elect=0}}</ref>