Oak Ridge, TN is a thriving city located in Anderson County. Although the population of the city is unknown, it offers plenty of opportunities for political involvement. The city has an elected mayor and four council members who work together to make decisions that affect the entire community. Local citizens are encouraged to attend meetings, get involved in local campaigns, and vote during elections. By doing so, residents can help shape the future of Oak Ridge and ensure that their voices are heard. There are many organizations in Oak Ridge that allow citizens to get involved with local politics such as the League of Women Voters, Women for Political Change, and Agenda 21 Oak Ridge. All of these groups work together to create an atmosphere of openness and dialogue where ideas can be exchanged and discussed.
The political climate in Oak Ridge, TN is moderately conservative.
Anderson County, TN is very conservative. In Anderson County, TN 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 33.0%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Ridge, TN is moderately conservative.
Anderson County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville 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.
Oak 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 Oak Ridge, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,694 contributions totaling $1,058,468 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,492 contributions totaling $1,846,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)