The politics in 37321 Dayton, TN are dominated by the county-level government of Rhea County. The main elected officials include a county mayor, five county commissioners and three school board members. All of these officials put policy in place that impact the lives of residents in 37321 Dayton, TN. This includes decisions on taxes, zoning laws, local infrastructure development and more. Additionally, Congressmen Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee's 3rd District represents 37321 Dayton in the U.S House of Representatives and Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee's 7th District serves 37321 Dayton in the U.S Senate. They make important decisions on issues that affect the entire state such as healthcare reform and environmental protection. Overall, politics in 37321 Dayton have an important role to play in shaping the future for citizens living there.
The political climate in Zip 37321 (Dayton, TN) is very conservative.
Rhea County, TN is very conservative. In Rhea County, TN 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rhea county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.4%.
Rhea county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37321 (Dayton, TN) is very conservative.
Dayton, Tennessee is very conservative.
Rhea County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Dayton 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.
Dayton, 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 37321 (Dayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $4,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $29,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)