Knoxville, TN, is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee, with a population of over 187,000. Located in Knox County, it is a diverse and vibrant community that is home to many businesses and cultural attractions. As such, there is a great deal of political activity within the area. Knoxville has several municipal governments including City Council and the Mayor’s Office. In addition, Knox County has its own Sheriff’s Office and Board of Commissioners who are responsible for managing county services and programs. The Tennessee General Assembly also serves as an important source of legislative power for state-level politics in 37912 Knoxville area. Local political candidates from both major parties engage with constituents through public events and forums to discuss relevant issues impacting citizens in the community.
The political climate in Zip 37912 (Knoxville, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Knox County, TN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 41.5%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37912 (Knoxville, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Knoxville, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, Tennessee is somewhat 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.
Knoxville, 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 37912 (Knoxville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,095 contributions totaling $143,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $54,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)