The city of Kingsport, Tennessee, with its population of around 54,000 people, is located in the northwestern corner of the state. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and consists of seven city council members. Each council member serves a four year term and is elected at-large from the city as a whole. The mayor is also elected at-large but serves a two year term. This system ensures that all citizens have an equal say in local government decisions. Kingsport has many local political candidates running for office each year, including those running for mayor and city council positions. These candidates work hard to represent their constituents and make sure they are heard on issues important to them. Kingsport also has several committees that citizens can join to get involved in local politics and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 37660 (Kingsport, TN) is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, TN is very conservative. In Sullivan County, TN 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.2%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37660 (Kingsport, TN) is strongly conservative.
Kingsport, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Sullivan County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Kingsport-Bristol 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.
Kingsport, 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 37660 (Kingsport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 438 contributions totaling $80,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 520 contributions totaling $164,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)