Murfreesboro, TN is a vibrant city located in Middle Tennessee. Its population is estimated to be over 130,000 people, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state. Murfreesboro has been represented by members of both major political parties in its local politics. The current mayor is Shane McFarland from the Republican Party and he has been in office since 2014. Other notable figures include State representatives Bryan Terry (R) and Mike Sparks (R), along with Senator Bill Ketron (R). All of these politicians have been active in their respective fields and have worked hard for the citizens of Murfreesboro by advocating for their respective causes. Murfreesboro’s citizens are proud of their political representation and actively engage in local elections as well as the larger state level elections each year.
The political climate in Murfreesboro, TN is leaning conservative.
Rutherford County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Rutherford County, TN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutherford county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.2%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Murfreesboro, TN is leaning conservative.
Rutherford County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Murfreesboro, 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 Murfreesboro, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,954 contributions totaling $4,030,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,108 contributions totaling $4,138,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)