Smyrna, TN is a quiet town located outside of Nashville. It is home to many parks, restaurants, and other recreational activities. Locally, Smyrna has been represented by multiple politicians, including Steve Dickerson in the United States House of Representatives; Ferrell Haile in Tennessee Senate District 18; and Mike Sparks in the Tennessee House of Representatives. These representatives have worked to ensure that Smyrna's citizens are provided with quality services and resources. In addition to representing their constituents at the state level, these local political officials also attend local town hall meetings and community events to stay connected with the people of Smyrna. This helps them better understand and address any issues or concerns that residents may have.
The political climate in Smyrna, TN is somewhat 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
Smyrna, TN is somewhat 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.
Smyrna, 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 Smyrna, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,404 contributions totaling $438,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,497 contributions totaling $2,146,899 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $860 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)