Millington, TN is a small town located in Shelby County. It is home to a vibrant community of nearly 11,000 people and has been a part of the Shelby County area since 1819. The city is governed by an elected mayor and five board members who make up the Board of Aldermen. There is also a three-person City Court with jurisdiction over misdemeanor violations of Millington’s laws. The city holds elections for mayor and Board of Aldermen members every four years. In addition, various local organizations actively engage Millington residents on political issues such as education, transportation, healthcare, economic development and more. As a result, the political climate in Millington is actively engaged and informed on local issues that affect the community.
The political climate in Millington, TN is somewhat liberal.
Shelby County, TN is strongly liberal. In Shelby County, TN 64.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.4% to 34.0%.
Shelby county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Millington, TN is somewhat liberal.
Shelby County, Tennessee is strongly liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Millington, Tennessee: D D D D D D
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 Millington, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $6,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $55,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)