Maryville, TN is situated in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and is a part of Blount County. The city is known as the “friendly city” because of its welcoming residents. Politically, Maryville has been closely associated with the Republican Party since the early 2000s, though recently it has become slightly more Democratic. In terms of local politics, current Mayor Tom Taylor was elected in 2018 and is a member of the Democratic Party. His main focus is on creating economic growth in Maryville and continuing to build strong relationships with the community. He has also worked to promote development and revitalization within the city by encouraging small businesses to move into the area. Additionally, a number of other groups have formed in recent years that are working to ensure responsible growth and improved quality of life for residents such as Friends of Maryville Parks and Keep Blount Beautiful.
The political climate in Zip 37803 (Maryville, TN) is very conservative.
Blount County, TN is very conservative. In Blount County, TN 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37803 (Maryville, TN) is very conservative.
Maryville, Tennessee is very conservative.
Blount County, Tennessee is very 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.
Maryville, 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 37803 (Maryville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 677 contributions totaling $60,092 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 491 contributions totaling $147,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)