The city of Cordova, TN is located in Shelby County and has a population of over 55,000 people. It is a vibrant community full of diverse backgrounds and experiences that come together to form the fabric of this great city. Politically, the people of Cordova are represented by elected officials from the local, state and federal level. At the local level, Cordova is governed by a mayor and 6 city council members who are responsible for making decisions related to matters such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance and other civic services. Representation at the state level includes Senators representing Shelby County in both the House and Senate chambers. The residents of Cordova are also represented in Congress by their representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. This diversity in representation allows for a wide variety of perspectives to be heard when discussing issues that affect 38018 Cordova, TN .
The political climate in Zip 38018 (Cordova, TN) is moderately liberal.
Shelby County, TN is strongly liberal. In Shelby County, TN 64.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.4% to 34.0%.
Shelby county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38018 (Cordova, TN) is moderately liberal.
Cordova, Tennessee is moderately liberal.
Shelby County, Tennessee is strongly liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Cordova, Tennessee: D D D D D D
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 38018 (Cordova)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,074 contributions totaling $66,911 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 523 contributions totaling $149,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)