The politics in 37311 Cleveland, TN is governed by Bradley County, wherein the majority of the city falls. The County Commission is comprised of 16 members that are elected to represent their local districts. All Commissioners serve four-year terms with staggered elections held every two years. The Commission meets twice a month and sets county policies and budgets while also addressing public concerns regarding infrastructure projects and other issues. They have the authority to levy taxes, borrow money, and set regulations for businesses within the county. The county mayor is also elected every four years and serves as the executive officer of the commission, with responsibilities that include supervising department heads, proposing a yearly budget for approval by the commission, and overseeing all executive departments of the county government. Furthermore, voters in Cleveland can cast ballots for representatives on a federal level during national elections.
The political climate in Zip 37311 (Cleveland, TN) is strongly conservative.
Bradley County, TN is very conservative. In Bradley County, TN 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.5%.
Bradley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37311 (Cleveland, TN) is strongly conservative.
Cleveland, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Bradley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Cleveland 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.
Cleveland, 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 37311 (Cleveland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117 contributions totaling $29,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $140,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $769 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)