In the town of Ten Mile, TN (37880), politics can be a contentious issue. The town is governed at the municipal and county levels with elected officials representing citizens in decisions that affect their everyday lives. At the local level, there are several political committees that work to ensure that the will of the people is being heard and respected in these decisions. These committees also work to make sure all of the residents have access to resources they need to participate in local elections, including voter registration information and candidate forums. As such, it is important for anyone living in Ten Mile to stay informed about what is happening in their community so they can be an active participant in their local democracy.
The political climate in Zip 37880 (Ten Mile, TN) is very conservative.
Meigs County, TN is very conservative. In Meigs County, TN 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meigs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.2%.
Meigs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37880 (Ten Mile, TN) is very conservative.
Ten Mile, Tennessee is very conservative.
Meigs County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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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.
Ten Mile, 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 37880 (Ten Mile)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $17,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $3,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)