Trump, Democrats Fail to Inspire Voter Turnout in Sumner

Despite a crowded field of Democrats and an incumbent President still popular in Tennessee, voter turnout in Sumner County for the March 3rd Presidential Primary was significantly lower than in the same election in 2016.

The Hendersonville Standard reports:

Less than 20 percent of Sumner County’s registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference and Sumner County primary election, held March 3.  

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the county’s Democratic nomination for U. S. President with 42.96 percent of the vote. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders came in second with 24.71 percent, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg came in third with 14.69 percent of the Sumner vote. In all, 11,630 Sumner voters cast ballots for candidates in the Democratic primary. 

On the Republican side, President Donald Trump won his party’s nomination in Sumner with 97.25 percent of the vote. Rep. Joe Walsh, who dropped out of the race a few weeks ago, received less than one percent, as did former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. In all, 10,148 Republicans voted for the presidential nominee in Sumner County. 

Turnout was around 30% in 2016, when the Democratic field had all but narrowed to Hillary Clinton and the GOP field was essentially Trump, Kasich, and Cruz. 

Democrats did edge Republicans in overall turnout, with over 11,000 Democrats voting compared to 10,000 on the GOP side. 

For more on news impacting Hendersonville and Sumner County, follow @HvilleNews

Rose Seeks to Protect Trump from Accountability

6th District Congressman John Rose (who represents Sumner County) has filed legislation that would take away the power of the Judicial branch to hold Presidents accountable.

Apparently, Rose needs to take a Civics class at a high school in his district where he would learn that each branch of government (Executive, Judicial, and Legislative) are equal. He'd learn the importance of checks and balances. Sadly, he's content to be a rubber stamp for this President while also working to remove further accountability by way of judicial oversight.

MORE from the Hendersonville Standard:

I am proud to file H.R.4219 as my first bill, because nationwide injunctions impact every one of us. The bill is an effort to curtail nationwide injunctions, which have the potential to severely restrict new government policies. It is a harmful trend and a practice that must be stopped.

Broad injunctions have unfair and detrimental effects. In fact, President Trump has already been impacted by close to 40 nationwide injunctions over the course of his past two years and eight months in office.

Here's the deal: Injunctions don't stop a President from exercising their authority. All an injunction does is prevent enforcement of an executive action until judicial review can be complete. In some cases, actions initiated by President Trump have been found to otherwise comply with the law and are allowed to proceed. In others, certain modifications are necessary.

What Rose doesn't tell you is that his legislation would remove this accountability -- and give even more power to ANY President, Republican or Democrat.

For more on news impacting Hendersonville or Sumner County, follow @HvilleNews


Got a news tip? Email us: newshendersonville@gmail.com

A message from SCDP

A note from the Sumner County Democratic Party:

The United States is a country built on immigration. Millions of immigrants took a bet on an America where it didn’t matter where you came from, what you look like or how your pray— but one where we believe in the rule of law, justice & equality.

The America so many of us, our parents or grandparents or great great grandparents, believe is the America where a Rashida, an Ilhan, an Alexandria, a Pramila or an Ayanna could — and should — lead. 

But this administration doesn’t believe in that America. The racist tweets by the president told four Congresswomen to “go back to the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.” But they are all Americans just like US. This racism echoes the kinds of things that people of color and New Americans in this country have been told by bullies and demagogues all our lives. 

Got news? Share with us: newshendersonville@gmail.com