The Johnson City, TN Metro Area is known for its vibrant political scene. The city is home to three congressional districts: the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Congressional Districts of Tennessee. Each of these districts are served by their own state legislators, who make up the Tennessee General Assembly. Many local politicians also serve in and around the area, working hard to ensure that Johnson City is a great place to live and work. These local politicians often take on issues such as economic development, transportation, education and health care in order to make sure that the community receives much needed resources and services. They also take on controversial topics such as gun control or immigration reform in order to represent their constituents’ views. Regardless of what political party they belong to or which issues they tackle, these local politicians strive to keep Johnson City a safe, inviting place for all residents.
The political climate in Johnson City Metro Area is very conservative.
In Johnson City Metro Area 26.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Johnson City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 26.5%.
The Johnson City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson City 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.
Johnson City, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Johnson City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,227 contributions totaling $266,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,767 contributions totaling $624,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)