The small town of Lafayette, TN (37083) is a tight-knit community that is passionate about their local politics. The citizens of Lafayette are very involved in the town’s political scene and take pride in keeping up to date with the current issues being addressed by their local representatives. There are many opportunities for residents to get involved in the political process through attending meetings, joining committees, or running for local office. There are also several annual events such as candidate forums and debates where the citizens can meet and discuss face-to-face with potential candidates to hear their views on specific issues. Every election cycle, Lafayette residents come together to make an informed decision on who they want representing them in local government. Overall, it is clear that Lafayette values its political process and keeps a keen eye on who is representing them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 37083 (Lafayette, TN) is very conservative.
Macon County, TN is very conservative. In Macon County, TN 13.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 13.8%.
Macon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37083 (Lafayette, TN) is very conservative.
Lafayette, Tennessee is very conservative.
Macon County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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.
Lafayette, 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 37083 (Lafayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,418 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $46,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)