The Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Metro Area is a vibrant region with a diverse political landscape. On the local level, the area is home to a wide range of elected officials from both major and minor party affiliations. These representatives serve in various capacities on the city council, county commission, school board and other local decision-making bodies. Residents of the Tullahoma-Manchester area can look to their elected representatives for guidance and insight into local issues that affect them directly. The region’s political atmosphere is an example of democracy at work; citizens are encouraged to make their voices heard through voting, attending public meetings and engaging in civil discourse about policy changes. Through active civic engagement, residents can ensure their leaders represent their interests and make decisions that benefit all members of the community.
The political climate in Tullahoma-Manchester Metro Area is very conservative.
In Tullahoma-Manchester Metro Area 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Tullahoma-Manchester metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 23.8%.
The Tullahoma-Manchester metro area voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tullahoma-Manchester 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.
Tullahoma-Manchester, Tennessee: d 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 Tullahoma-Manchester Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,980 contributions totaling $211,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,193 contributions totaling $302,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)