The politics in 38109 Memphis, TN are dominated by the Democratic Party. Currently, the mayor of Memphis is Jim Strickland, a Democrat. The other political candidates for the area include State Senator Lee Harris and Representative London Lamar, both Democrats. In addition to these local representatives, there are several state-level politicians that represent 38109 as well. These politicians include Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and United States Senators Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn. All of these elected representatives work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents in 38109 are met.
The political climate in Zip 38109 (Memphis, TN) is strongly liberal.
Shelby County, TN is strongly liberal. In Shelby County, TN 64.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.4% to 34.0%.
Shelby county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38109 (Memphis, TN) is strongly liberal.
Memphis, Tennessee is strongly liberal.
Shelby County, Tennessee is strongly liberal.
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.
Memphis, Tennessee: D D D D D D
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 38109 (Memphis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $10,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $3,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)