The city of Brighton, TN (38011) is a small suburb of Memphis located in Shelby County. While the area does not feature its own local political candidates, it does have representation in the greater county and state government. Brighton citizens are largely represented by conservative politicians who promote fiscally responsible policies and emphasize fiscal responsibility. Local residents take part in voting for the members of the Shelby County Commission as well as the Tennessee State House and Senate. The area also participates in national elections, with most votes going to Republican candidates. Overall, Brighton is politically engaged and focused on keeping taxes low while providing excellent public services to its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 38011 (Brighton, TN) is very conservative.
Tipton County, TN is very conservative. In Tipton County, TN 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tipton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 25.0%.
Tipton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38011 (Brighton, TN) is very conservative.
Brighton, Tennessee is very conservative.
Tipton County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Brighton, 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 38011 (Brighton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $35,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)