Elizabethton, TN is a small town with a population of around 14,000 people. The local government is led by Mayor Curt Alexander, who was elected in 2018. Elizabethton holds local elections every two years to determine municipal representatives such as the mayor and city council members. The city council works together to make important decisions that affect the community including issuing ordinances, approving budgets, and establishing policies. In addition to these legislative duties, the city council also considers issues such as public services, transportation safety, economic development, and neighborhood improvements. Every citizen should take advantage of their right to vote in these upcoming elections in order to ensure their voice is heard in the decision-making process of their local government.
The political climate in Zip 37643 (Elizabethton, TN) is strongly conservative.
Carter County, TN is very conservative. In Carter County, TN 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.5%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37643 (Elizabethton, TN) is strongly conservative.
Elizabethton, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Carter County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson City 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.
Elizabethton, 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 37643 (Elizabethton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $15,621 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $29,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)