Morristown, TN 37814 is located in Hamblen County and is part of the 9th Congressional District in Tennessee. The political landscape here has historically been conservative, with Republicans typically holding elected office at both state and local levels. The current Mayor of Morristown is Republican Bill Brittain, and the City Council consists primarily of Republicans as well. Voter turnout in local elections often falls below 50%, indicating that many citizens are not engaged in the political process or do not feel their voices are being heard. However, in recent years there have been some progressive initiatives implemented by city officials, such as initiatives to reduce poverty and income inequality. Despite this, Morristown still leans heavily towards more traditional conservative values when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 37814 (Morristown, TN) is strongly conservative.
Hamblen County, TN is very conservative. In Hamblen County, TN 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamblen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 22.3%.
Hamblen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37814 (Morristown, TN) is strongly conservative.
Morristown, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Hamblen County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Morristown Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Morristown, 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 37814 (Morristown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 892 contributions totaling $65,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 611 contributions totaling $96,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)