Arlington, Tennessee is a small town located in the western part of the state and has a vibrant political culture. The city is served by the Shelby County Commission, which is composed of thirteen members that are elected by district to four-year terms. Members pass laws and regulations that affect the day-to-day lives of citizens. One current issue being discussed in the city is whether or not to build new schools to accommodate population growth. At the state level, legislative representatives from Arlington serve in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly. They work on policy initiatives that can affect many aspects of life throughout the state. Additionally, at least 2 major political parties are active in Arlington and regularly host events for local residents to discuss and debate important issues with leaders from all sides of every issue.
The political climate in Arlington, TN is leaning 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
Arlington, TN is leaning 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.
Arlington, 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 Arlington, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 490 contributions totaling $140,422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 771 contributions totaling $296,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)