Morristown, Tennessee is a small city located in the eastern part of the state. It is a vibrant community with an active political scene. The town is represented in the state legislature by three members of the Tennessee House of Representatives and two members of the Tennessee Senate. All five representatives are Democrats who are committed to improving public education, expanding healthcare access, and protecting environmental quality in Morristown and throughout their districts. The Town Council consists of a mayor and four council members who serve as legislative bodies for local laws and regulations. They also provide oversight for city services such as police, fire, parks, libraries, sanitation, recreation programs, road maintenance, development projects and more. Every two years the citizens of Morristown have an opportunity to elect representatives who will work on behalf of their interests in local politics. Local elections always generate a high level of interest among residents as everyone has a stake in ensuring that their leaders are doing what is best for the community.
The political climate in Morristown, TN is moderately conservative.
Hamblen County, TN is very conservative. In Hamblen County, TN 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamblen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 22.3%.
Hamblen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morristown, TN is moderately conservative.
Hamblen County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Morristown 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.
Morristown, 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 Morristown, TN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,727 contributions totaling $901,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,193 contributions totaling $1,268,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)