Knoxville, TN is the third largest city in Tennessee and is located in the 37924 zip code. The city of Knoxville has a vibrant and diverse political landscape. In fact, local politics plays an important role as it decides which candidates will represent the community at the local, state, and federal levels. Knoxville’s current mayor, Madeline Rogero, was elected in 2011 after serving on Knoxville City Council since 2003. The City of Knoxville has several programs such as KAT—the public transportation system that provides bus services throughout the city—that are overseen by a governing board appointed by Mayor Rogero. Additionally, there are representatives in the Tennessee House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives who were all elected to their positions by members of the community. Local elections can decide matters such as whether or not to pass property tax increases or implementing new projects in the zip code area. It is clear that politics plays an essential role in determining what happens day-to-day within the 37924 zip code of Knoxville, TN.
The political climate in Zip 37924 (Knoxville, TN) is moderately 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 37924 (Knoxville, TN) is moderately conservative.
Knoxville, Tennessee is moderately 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 37924 (Knoxville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $5,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,661 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)