Clinton, TN is a small city with a population of about 8,400 people. The city is located in Anderson County and is part of the larger Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The local government of the area is handled by the City Council, which consists of five members elected at large every four years. The current mayor of Clinton is Scott Burton, who has held office since 2010. There are also municipal offices such as the Clerk and Recorder, Treasurer, Assessor, City Administrator, and Zoning Administrator that are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. In addition to these city-level offices, Tennessee has state-level elected officials such as senators and representatives in Congress. At the county level residents elect a County Commission along with judges for criminal court and circuit court. Residents in 37716 Clinton have access to all these levels of government which provides them with opportunities to make their voices heard through voting and other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 37716 (Clinton, TN) is strongly conservative.
Anderson County, TN is very conservative. In Anderson County, TN 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 33.0%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37716 (Clinton, TN) is strongly conservative.
Clinton, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Anderson County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville 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.
Clinton, 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 37716 (Clinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 363 contributions totaling $41,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 345 contributions totaling $223,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $648 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)