The politics of Knoxville, TN 37920 are a combination of both state and local levels. At the local level, the city is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Madeline Rogero who was elected to office in 2011 and has since been reelected twice. The council consists of nine members who represent various districts within the city. This governing body works together to ensure that ordinances and laws are passed that benefit the citizens of Knoxville in an equitable manner. At the state level, Knoxville is part of District 15 which encompasses all cities and towns in Tennessee that lie east of Nashville. This includes the nearby cities of Oak Ridge, Maryville, and Lenoir City. Representing District 15 in Nashville is Representative Justin Lafferty who serves as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives since 2019.
The political climate in Zip 37920 (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 37920 (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 37920 (Knoxville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,361 contributions totaling $203,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $89,093 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)