Mason, TN is a small town in Tipton County with a population of around 3,000 people. Despite the small size of the community, politics are top of mind for many living in Mason. The town is currently represented on the county commission by Commissioner Jim Bledsoe and in the Tennessee Senate by Mark Norris. Both candidates are members of the Republican Party and have focused on issues including reducing taxes, improving infrastructure, and fighting crime. In addition to these county-wide representatives, Mason elects its own mayor and aldermen who focus on local issues such as maintaining the city parks and developing new businesses in the area. Thus, politics plays an important role in helping to ensure that Mason has a bright future for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 38049 (Mason, TN) is strongly conservative.
Tipton County, TN is very conservative. In Tipton County, TN 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tipton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 25.0%.
Tipton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38049 (Mason, TN) is strongly conservative.
Mason, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Tipton County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Mason, 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 38049 (Mason)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $5,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $3,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)