Cleveland, TN is a thriving city located in Bradley County with a vibrant community and robust economy. It has a strong presence of both state and local politics that affect the area and the people who live within its borders. At the state level, Tennessee Senators and Representatives are elected to serve in Nashville to shape laws that impact all Tennesseans. Locally, Cleveland has an elected Mayor and City Council who look out for the interests of their constituents and oversee the day-to-day operations of the city. They work hard to ensure that Cleveland is a great place to live, work, raise families, and invest in businesses. Community engagement also plays an integral role in politics in Cleveland as citizens can become involved via town hall meetings or by attending city council meetings to voice their opinions on important matters that affect them.
The political climate in Cleveland, TN is moderately conservative.
Bradley County, TN is very conservative. In Bradley County, TN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.5%.
Bradley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland, TN is moderately conservative.
Bradley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Cleveland Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Cleveland, Tennessee: R R 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Cleveland, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,634 contributions totaling $363,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,390 contributions totaling $2,285,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $674 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)