Johnson City, TN 37614 is part of Washington County which has a population of around 130,000 people and contains four distinct cities: Johnson City, Jonesborough, Gray and Fall Branch. The politics in this area are mainly conservative in nature, with Republicans dominating the local elections and holding the majority of elected positions. In the recent 2019 local elections in Johnson City, Republican candidates held all three seats on the City Commission and Council members were mostly Republican or Independent. While Johnson City does have some progressive candidates running in upcoming elections, they generally do not receive as much support as more moderate and conservative candidates. Because of this trend, it is likely that the current political landscape will remain unchanged for some time to come.
The political climate in Zip 37614 (Johnson City, TN) is somewhat 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 37614 (Johnson City, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Johnson City, Tennessee is somewhat 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 37614 (Johnson City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)