Gallatin, TN is a small city located in Sumner County, about 30 miles northeast of Nashville. Its current estimated population is 36,410 people. The local government in Gallatin consists of an elected mayor and Board of Aldermen who oversee the daily operations and implementation of policies within the community. The current mayor is Paige Brown, who was elected to her first term in 2019. The Board of Aldermen consists of nine members from each ward, which are comprised of six wards total. Each member is responsible for representing the interests of their constituents before the board. Members are also responsible for creating legislation that promotes growth in the community as well as advocating for the needs and interests of their wards. Highly contested issues debated at board meetings include development projects and budget allocations to ensure that all resources are put to use in a way that benefits all citizens equally. Overall, politics in 37066 Gallatin, TN focus on providing better opportunities for its citizens through effective policy making and governance.
The political climate in Zip 37066 (Gallatin, TN) is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, TN is very conservative. In Sumner County, TN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.9%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37066 (Gallatin, TN) is strongly conservative.
Gallatin, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Gallatin, 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 37066 (Gallatin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,383 contributions totaling $115,204 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 889 contributions totaling $648,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $729 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)