The politics in Lynchburg, TN (37352) are an important part of the town’s history and ongoing development. This small town in Moore County is led by the Mayor, Steve Starnes, who presides over a five-member Board of Aldermen. The board is responsible for making decisions about local laws and ordinances, and its members are elected to serve four year terms. Lynchburg has a city manager system of government that allows the Mayor and Alderman to oversee day-to-day operations and long-term projects. In addition to local politics, the citizens of Lynchburg participate in regional and state elections, as well as national ones. They have access to representatives from both major political parties at all levels of government; this helps ensure that their voices are heard on matters such as taxes, education, infrastructure investments, public safety and more. Lynchburg is proud to be an active participant in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 37352 (Lynchburg, TN) is very conservative.
Moore County, TN is very conservative. In Moore County, TN 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.2%.
Moore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37352 (Lynchburg, TN) is very conservative.
Lynchburg, Tennessee is very conservative.
Moore County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Tullahoma-Manchester Metro Area is very 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.
Lynchburg, 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 37352 (Lynchburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $2,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)