The politics in 38132 Memphis, TN are active and vibrant. 38132 is located within the city of Memphis and is represented at the local level by several elected officials. At the state level, Tennessee has two senators and nine representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives who represent all areas of the state, including 38132 Memphis. Locally, there are six members of City Council who oversee Memphis's municipal government as well as numerous other city officials responsible for its day-to-day operations. All these officials face important decisions pertaining to education, health care, taxes, infrastructure, public safety and more that directly impact the lives of people living in 38132 Memphis and throughout Tennessee. Residents here also have access to a variety of civic engagement opportunities such as voting in elections, attending town hall meetings or volunteering with local organizations that work to improve their community.
The political climate in Zip 38132 (Memphis, TN) is moderately 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 38132 (Memphis, TN) is moderately liberal.
Memphis, Tennessee is moderately 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 38132 (Memphis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $5,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)