La Vergne, TN is situated in Rutherford County and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Jason Cole, who was elected in 2018 after serving two terms as alderman. The City Council consists of six members who are elected on staggered terms. The Council members are responsible for providing direction to the Mayor and staff concerning budget, personnel issues, zoning requests, and other matters relating to the city's governance. They also represent the citizens' interests by passing ordinances and resolutions. La Vergne residents are actively engaged in local politics through their participation in the local primary and general elections, as well as attending City Council meetings. Through their involvement, they have helped shape policies that will benefit all those living in the area for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 37086 (La Vergne, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Rutherford County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Rutherford County, TN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutherford county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.2%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37086 (La Vergne, TN) is somewhat conservative.
La Vergne, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Rutherford County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
La Vergne, 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 37086 (La Vergne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $11,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $9,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)