East Ridge, TN is a city located in Hamilton County. Politics in East Ridge are generally focused on issues that affect the local community, such as infrastructure improvements, business development, and education. Local politicians work to ensure that the needs of all East Ridge residents are met through advocacy for public safety and efficient governing. Additionally, civic groups and organizations often partner with local politicians to support positive change in the city. Many political campaigns focus on ensuring all citizens of East Ridge have access to a good quality of life through initiatives like improving transportation systems and creating job resources. Thus, politics in East Ridge play an important role in promoting growth and progress for the town.
The political climate in East Ridge, TN is leaning conservative.
Hamilton County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Hamilton County, TN 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Ridge, TN is leaning conservative.
Hamilton County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Chattanooga 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.
East Ridge, 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 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 East Ridge, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,668 contributions totaling $624,763 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 681 contributions totaling $383,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)