The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area is home to a vibrant political landscape with many different perspectives and ideologies represented in the area's local government. The community is served by elected representatives who provide legislative and executive authority for the region. Representatives at the local level are typically drawn from several cities and towns within the metro area, allowing citizens to have a voice in their local governments. Many of them have taken positions on key issues such as education, economic development, and public safety. Additionally, state representatives also serve the region and work to support the needs of its citizens. All these elected officials strive to ensure that Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin remains a safe and prosperous area for all its residents.
The political climate in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin metro area remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 43.9%.
The Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin metro area voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79,439 contributions totaling $14,697,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28,452 contributions totaling $18,304,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $643 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)