Collierville, Tennessee is a small town in Shelby County located just east of Memphis. It is known for its quaint downtown area and historic sites, but it also has a flourishing political scene. The Town of Collierville has an elected seven-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen that governs the town. Each member serves two years and are voted on by the citizens of Collierville during local elections. The board is responsible for things like approving zoning changes, setting ordinances, hiring staff and enacting policies that affect everyone in Collierville. Additionally, Collierville residents are represented in the state legislature by two senators and five representatives. These officials are responsible for introducing legislation that affects all of Tennessee as well as their own district. Through these local and state politicians, residents have a say in how their community is run and can actively participate in making sure it remains vibrant and prosperous.
The political climate in Collierville, TN is somewhat 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
Collierville, TN is somewhat 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.
Collierville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Collierville, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,431 contributions totaling $381,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,066 contributions totaling $1,438,949 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $469 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)