Clarksville, TN is located in Montgomery County and is home to just over 152,000 people. The city has a form of government called the council-manager form of government which consists of seven voting members. The mayor serves as the presiding officer and votes only in the event of a tie. All other members of the governing body are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. Elections take place in November with runoff elections taking place in December if necessary. The current mayor is Joe Pitts who was reelected into office during the 2018 election. City Council meetings are open to the public and take place twice a month on Thursdays at 6pm. This provides citizens with an opportunity to become involved in their local political process and voice their opinions regarding city policies.
The political climate in Zip 37043 (Clarksville, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Montgomery County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Montgomery County, TN 42.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 42.3%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37043 (Clarksville, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Clarksville, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Montgomery County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Clarksville Metro Area is moderately 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.
Clarksville, 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 37043 (Clarksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,119 contributions totaling $104,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 998 contributions totaling $273,132 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)