Shelby County, TN is a vibrant community in the state of Tennessee. It contains many diverse cities, each with their own culture and local politics. The county operates under the leadership of the Shelby County Mayor's Office, which is responsible for overseeing all county-level operations. In addition to county government, Shelby County also has numerous small towns and cities that are governed by elected mayors and city councils. Local elections for these positions are held every four years, giving Shelby County residents an opportunity to directly participate in their local government. Additionally, Shelby residents have the opportunity to vote in state and national elections as well as referendums on important matters related to their community. All of these voting opportunities allow Shelby County residents to impact the future of their community and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Shelby County, TN is strongly liberal.
In Shelby County, TN 64.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.4% to 34.0%.
Shelby county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shelby County, TN is strongly liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Shelby, Tennessee: D D D D D D
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Shelby County, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,112 contributions totaling $2,470,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,183 contributions totaling $7,184,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)