Chattanooga, TN is a city with a long and diverse history in local politics. It is the fourth largest city in the state of Tennessee, with an estimated population of 179,139 people. Chattanooga has a strong tradition of democratic representation at the local level and has had several prominent politicians who have served as mayors and members of the City Council over the decades. Recently there has been an increase in civic engagement among voters in the area, leading to greater turnout during election cycles. The current mayor is Andy Berke, who was elected for his second term in 2019. He is well-known for his commitment to public safety initiatives and economic development projects that have helped to revitalize the downtown area of Chattanooga. Additionally, he has championed initiatives such as increasing access to affordable housing in order to support lower-income families in the community. Representing 37402 Chattanooga are three City Council members - Carol Berz, Russell Gilbert, and Erskine Oglesby - all of whom have made great efforts to improve quality of life for residents within their district.
The political climate in Zip 37402 (Chattanooga, TN) is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Hamilton County, TN 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.1%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37402 (Chattanooga, TN) is leaning liberal.
Chattanooga, Tennessee is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly 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.
Chattanooga, 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 37402 (Chattanooga)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $636,247 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,828 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $271,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)