Politics in 37309 Calhoun, TN are mainly influenced by the Republican Party. The current Mayor of Calhoun is Brad Mitchell, who was elected in 2014 and is running for a second term in office. He has been an advocate for economic growth and development in the town, as well as working to improve infrastructure and public services. Other political candidates include Jason Bostick, who is currently serving as City Commissioner and is running for re-election; and Ryan Dyer, who is running for City Commission on a platform of fiscal responsibility, transparency, efficiency, and better communication with citizens. All candidates are hoping to implement positive changes that will benefit the community at large.
The political climate in Zip 37309 (Calhoun, TN) is very conservative.
McMinn County, TN is very conservative. In McMinn County, TN 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McMinn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 19.1%.
McMinn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37309 (Calhoun, TN) is very conservative.
Calhoun, Tennessee is very conservative.
McMinn County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Athens 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.
Calhoun, 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 37309 (Calhoun)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)