Chattanooga, TN is a beautiful and vibrant city located in Hamilton County. The city has a rich political history that dates back to the early 19th Century, when it was founded by the Union Army during the Civil War. Currently, Chattanooga is led by Mayor Andy Berke, who was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Along with Mayor Berke, Chattanooga has a City Council and an Executive Cabinet responsible for making decisions for the city's future. The City Council consists of nine members representing different areas of Chattanooga. These members are elected to four-year terms and are responsible for crafting legislation on local issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance and more. In addition to these elected officials, there are also many non-elected government organizations responsible for making sure that Chattanoogans have access to quality services such as education and healthcare.
The political climate in Chattanooga, TN is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Hamilton County, TN 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chattanooga, TN is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Chattanooga 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.
Chattanooga, 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 Chattanooga, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29,060 contributions totaling $5,410,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,056 contributions totaling $7,637,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)