Politics in 37356 Monteagle, TN are a major part of the local culture and community. The county seat of Grundy County is just a few miles away, and many of the residents participate in the local politics. Elections for numerous offices occur each year, including town mayor, city council members, school board members and other public officials. Issues important to the community include education, infrastructure, economic development and environmental conservation. Political debates occur in public forums as well as on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Local candidates participate in town hall meetings throughout the year to discuss their views on these topics with community members. Through these exchanges, issues that concern the citizens of Monteagle are brought to light and discussed openly.
The political climate in Zip 37356 (Monteagle, TN) is very conservative.
Grundy County, TN is very conservative. In Grundy County, TN 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
Grundy county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37356 (Monteagle, TN) is very conservative.
Monteagle, Tennessee is very conservative.
Grundy County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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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.
Monteagle, Tennessee: D D 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 37356 (Monteagle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 304 contributions totaling $22,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)