Germantown, Tennessee is a city located in the Greater Memphis area of Shelby County. It is known for its top-rated schools, safe neighborhoods and small-town charm. The city has a mayor-council form of government with six elected officials who serve four-year terms. These elected officials are responsible for setting policy for the city, introducing legislation and overseeing city services such as police, fire protection and public works programs. Local political campaigns often focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, educational opportunities and environmental sustainability. Germantown residents actively participate in their local elections by attending town hall meetings and forums to discuss important topics that affect their communities.
The political climate in Germantown, 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
Germantown, 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.
Germantown, 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 Germantown, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,826 contributions totaling $808,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,240 contributions totaling $4,077,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $654 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)