The city of Johnson City, TN (37604) is a vibrant community with a rich history and culture. Throughout its history, the city has been home to many political leaders who have served both local and state governments. The most recent mayoral election was held in 2019, where incumbent Mayor Jenny Brock was re-elected by an overwhelming margin. In addition to the mayor, Johnson City also elects members for its City Commission and School Board. Currently, the members of the City Commission include Brad Harr, Joe Wise, David Tomita, Todd Fowler and Todd Easton. Representing the School Board are Carter Moore, Linda Bellamy-Walker and William Smith. All of these individuals work hard to ensure that Johnson City remains a thriving community that provides residents with excellent opportunities for education, entrepreneurship and economic growth.
The political climate in Zip 37604 (Johnson City, TN) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, TN is very conservative. In Washington County, TN 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 31.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37604 (Johnson City, TN) is moderately conservative.
Johnson City, Tennessee is moderately conservative.
Washington 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.
Johnson City, 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 37604 (Johnson City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 854 contributions totaling $84,842 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 347 contributions totaling $94,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)