Decatur, TN 37322 is a town located in Meigs County, TN. It is a small rural community that has a population of just over 2,000 residents. The politics of the area are mostly conservative in nature and tend to favor Republican candidates. Local politics are largely driven by local issues such as tax rates, job growth, infrastructure improvements, and educational opportunities. Decatur also has an active civic participation with many residents taking part in local elections and lobbying their representatives to make sure their voices are heard in government decisions. Residents of Decatur also have access to local media outlets which provide news and information on current political matters. All these factors together make Decatur an interesting place to observe and study when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 37322 (Decatur, TN) is very conservative.
Meigs County, TN is very conservative. In Meigs County, TN 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meigs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.2%.
Meigs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37322 (Decatur, TN) is very conservative.
Decatur, Tennessee is very conservative.
Meigs County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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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.
Decatur, 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 37322 (Decatur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $2,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $6,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)