The small town of 38318 Buena Vista, TN is part of Marion County. The county operates under a charter form of government with an elected County Executive who has most of the powers granted by general state law to a mayor in other counties. The legislative body for the county is a nine-member County Commission that is also elected from districts. At the local level, Buena Vista has a five-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen that sets policy and makes decisions for the town. They are responsible for municipal services such as road maintenance, public safety, recreation programs, and ordinance enforcement. Elections are held every two years to decide who will serve on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. All political candidates must be registered voters within the town limits in order to participate in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 38318 (Buena Vista, TN) is very conservative.
Carroll County, TN is very conservative. In Carroll County, TN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 21.5%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38318 (Buena Vista, TN) is very conservative.
Buena Vista, Tennessee is very conservative.
Carroll 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.
Buena Vista, 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 38318 (Buena Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)