37342 Hillsboro, TN is located in Coffee County and has a rich history rooted in politics. Politics in the area are divided along traditional lines with residents identifying most strongly with either the Republican or Democratic parties. The local government is headed up by a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve two year terms. Local elections take place every two years during the general election cycle, so passionate political debates between candidates can be seen throughout Hillsboro leading up to these events. Politicians running for office in 37342 Hillsboro must work hard to reach out to their communities, as they strive to represent the values of all those living within its borders.
The political climate in Zip 37342 (Hillsboro, TN) is very conservative.
Coffee County, TN is very conservative. In Coffee County, TN 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coffee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 23.5%.
Coffee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37342 (Hillsboro, TN) is very conservative.
Hillsboro, Tennessee is very conservative.
Coffee County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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.
Hillsboro, 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 37342 (Hillsboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $46 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)