The politics in 37323 Cleveland, TN are largely centered around its local government. The city is in Bradley County, and it has a Mayor-Council form of government. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and the City Council members are elected to staggered two-year terms. Local political candidates from the area focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, and public safety. Other topics discussed by the local political candidates include education reform, health care reform, environmental protection, and addressing youth homelessness. These issues are important for residents of 37323 Cleveland, TN so that they can live in an area that is safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Zip 37323 (Cleveland, TN) is very 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 37323 (Cleveland, TN) is very conservative.
Cleveland, Tennessee is very 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 37323 (Cleveland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $8,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $20,762 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)