Gallatin, TN is a city located in Sumner County. It has a rich political history, from the establishment of the state government to its current mayor. The current mayor of Gallatin is Paige Brown, who was elected in 2018. She is committed to providing excellent and responsive service to her constituents and leading by example. Additionally, the Gallatin City Council consists of five members who are responsible for enacting legislation and providing oversight for city services. They are also responsible for many other duties related to governance within the city and county governments. The City Council works closely with both local and state representatives to ensure the best interests of residents are represented. Civic engagement is encouraged in Gallatin through various volunteer initiatives and town hall meetings that give citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Gallatin, TN is moderately conservative.
Sumner County, TN is very conservative. In Sumner County, TN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.9%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gallatin, TN is moderately conservative.
Sumner County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Gallatin, 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 Gallatin, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,074 contributions totaling $898,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,088 contributions totaling $3,423,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $562 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)