Bristol, TN is a small town located in Sullivan County and serves as the county seat. Politics in 37620 Bristol, TN are generally dominated by local Republican candidates who have held their positions for many years. The mayor of Bristol is Margaret Feierabend, who was elected for her second term in 2019 after first taking office in 2014. She has been successful in implementing plans to improve transportation, infrastructure, and economic development throughout the city. Other city officials include the City Council Members Alesia Hagan-Hoskins, Tim Hillerby, David Arnold, and Jeffrey Bowers; as well as two representatives from both Sullivan County and Washington County on the Board of Education. All these local political figures have dedicated themselves to improving the community and creating a more sustainable future for it.
The political climate in Zip 37620 (Bristol, TN) is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, TN is very conservative. In Sullivan County, TN 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.2%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37620 (Bristol, TN) is strongly conservative.
Bristol, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol 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.
Bristol, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 37620 (Bristol)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $58,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 443 contributions totaling $329,143 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $743 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)