Kingston, TN is located in Roane County and is home to a population of about 5,822 people. The city government consists of an elected mayor and five aldermen who serve as members of the city council. The mayor heads the executive branch and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. The five council members are responsible for making laws that govern how Kingston operates. Together, they work to ensure Kingston remains a vibrant and prosperous community for its citizens. Local elections take place every two years with each seat up for re-election at that time. It is important to stay involved in local politics as this is how residents can have their voices heard and shape their community.
The political climate in Zip 37763 (Kingston, TN) is very conservative.
Roane County, TN is very conservative. In Roane County, TN 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roane county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.3%.
Roane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37763 (Kingston, TN) is very conservative.
Kingston, Tennessee is very conservative.
Roane County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kingston, 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 37763 (Kingston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 247 contributions totaling $11,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 338 contributions totaling $152,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)