Rockford, TN is a small town located in Southern Middle Tennessee with a population of around 1,600 residents. Despite its size, the town has an active political presence and several local candidates running for office. The mayor of Rockford is Gary Ford who was elected in 2018 and is currently serving his first term. There are also two aldermen for the Town of Rockford – Ronald Jones and Steven Smith – who were both elected in 2017 and are serving their first terms as well. The main issue on the minds of many of the citizens of Rockford is economic growth, and the town's current leadership is focused on improving infrastructure to attract investment and new businesses. They have recently proposed a new industrial park that they hope will bring more jobs to the area. Rockford also has an active Chamber of Commerce and committee dedicated to supporting local businesses, which helps foster growth within the community.
The political climate in Rockford, TN is strongly conservative.
Blount County, TN is very conservative. In Blount County, TN 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockford, TN is strongly conservative.
Blount 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.
Rockford, 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 Rockford, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 445 contributions totaling $47,348 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $62,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)