Millington, TN is a city located in Shelby County with a population of around 11,000 people. The city's local politics are managed by the Millington Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The mayor of Millington is Terry Jones, who was elected in 2018 and serves as both the executive and legislative authority for the City of Millington. The seven-member Board is responsible for overseeing the budgeting process, providing guidance to the City Manager on policy matters, and promoting economic development within the city. Along with Mayor Jones, there are four other members on the Board including three Aldermen representing Ward One, Ward Two, and Ward Three respectively. They serve two-year terms and are responsible for listening to citizens' concerns about local issues such as public safety, infrastructure spending, services for seniors, and fiscal responsibility. Local elections occur every two years when voters elect new representatives to serve on the board. Millington also has a number of civic organizations that promote civic engagement through volunteerism and education such as Rotary Clubs and Junior Achievement programs.
The political climate in Zip 38053 (Millington, 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 38053 (Millington, TN) is moderately liberal.
Millington, 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.
Millington, 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 38053 (Millington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $6,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 391 contributions totaling $55,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)