The Knoxville Metro Area is an active hub of politics, with a mix of local and state issues that affect its residents. The area is home to a number of different municipalities, each with their own mayor and representatives in the state government. This includes members of the Tennessee House of Representatives, the Tennessee Senate, and the U.S. Congress that represent Knoxville area residents. Local elections are held every two years for all municipal and county offices, including city council seats, county commissioners, sheriff, school board members, and more. Additionally there are various special districts in the metro area which hold board meetings where decisions are made on important issues regarding local services such as water systems or sewage treatment. All citizens have the opportunity to actively participate in these elections by registering to vote or volunteering during campaigns.
The political climate in Knoxville Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Knoxville Metro Area 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Knoxville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.7% to 33.3%.
The Knoxville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Knoxville, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Knoxville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,159 contributions totaling $3,377,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,365 contributions totaling $8,130,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $715 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)