Rutherford, TN is a small town located in Middle Tennessee. It is governed by a mayor and city council who work together to ensure that the town’s needs are being met. The mayor and council members are all elected on a nonpartisan basis, with terms of office lasting two years. The Rutherford City Council meets regularly to discuss matters affecting the community and develop laws and regulations that support the growth and well-being of the townspeople. Local issues that come before the City Council include economic development, infrastructure improvements, parks & recreation, health & safety, education initiatives, housing initiatives, public transportation projects, and land use planning. The town also supports several local political campaigns throughout each election season to ensure that its citizens can vote for their desired candidates in upcoming races.
The political climate in Rutherford, TN is strongly conservative.
Gibson County, TN is very conservative. In Gibson County, TN 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gibson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.8%.
Gibson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rutherford, TN is strongly conservative.
Gibson County, Tennessee is very 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.
Rutherford, Tennessee: d 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 Rutherford, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)