McMinnville, TN is a small town with a population of just over 13,000. Although it is a small town, the politics within McMinnville are very important to its citizens. The city is governed by an elected board of aldermen and mayor who serve on the McMinnville Board of Mayor and Aldermen. This group is responsible for making decisions about issues like budgeting, economic development, infrastructure, public safety, and more. The current mayor is Mark Cothron and the aldermen are Jody Woodruff, Joe Gentry, Elisha Kingery-Cox, Jonathan Stinson, Lynda Bates Jones and Shawn Hortman. These officials work to ensure that McMinnville remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in McMinnville, TN is moderately conservative.
Warren County, TN is very conservative. In Warren County, TN 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.5%.
Warren county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McMinnville, TN is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Tennessee is very conservative.
McMinnville Metro Area 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.
McMinnville, 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 McMinnville, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,395 contributions totaling $256,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 825 contributions totaling $168,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)