The city of Alcoa, TN, with a zip code of 37701, is a small town located in Blount County. It has a small population that is close-knit and supportive of its local politicians. The town is governed by a mayor and four city commissioners who are elected to 4-year terms by the citizens of Alcoa. These elected officials serve as decision makers for the town and represent the interests of Alcoa's citizens in local government affairs. They focus on initiatives that benefit the community such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance and improvements, economic development, and quality-of-life measures like parks and recreation. The city actively works to engage its citizens in decision making through Town Hall meetings where people can voice their concerns or offer suggestions for improving the town. Alcoa is proud of its commitment to strong leadership at the local level that truly represents its citizens’ needs and interests.
The political climate in Zip 37701 (Alcoa, TN) is strongly conservative.
Blount County, TN is very conservative. In Blount County, TN 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37701 (Alcoa, TN) is strongly conservative.
Alcoa, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Blount County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville 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.
Alcoa, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 37701 (Alcoa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $11,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $42,886 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)