The city of Memphis, TN in the 38125 zip code is a major city in Tennessee with a strong political presence. Political candidates for local elections are often well-known and often have extensive knowledge and experience in the area. The city is divided into nine wards, each with its own representative on the Memphis City Council. In addition to the City Council, there are also several representatives from both state and federal legislatures that represent the citizens of Memphis. Each of these elected officials work to ensure that the needs of their constituents are heard and addressed appropriately. Other issues facing the city include education, infrastructure investment, economic development, public safety, and social equity. There is an active political scene within this zip code that engages all citizens in making sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 38125 (Memphis, TN) is moderately liberal.
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
Zip 38125 (Memphis, TN) is moderately liberal.
Memphis, Tennessee is moderately liberal.
Shelby County, Tennessee 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.
Memphis, 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 zip 38125 (Memphis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 473 contributions totaling $32,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $216,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $799 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)