Murfreesboro, TN is a growing city in the heart of Rutherford County. It is home to several notable landmarks and attractions, as well as thriving businesses and industries. Politically, Murfreesboro leans slightly more to the Republican side, although Democrats are also present in the area. The Mayor of Murfreesboro is Shane McFarland, who has been in office since 2012. He has implemented several initiatives to make Murfreesboro a better place to live for its citizens. On the state level, both Senator Bill Ketron and Representative Mike Sparks serve as representatives for 37127 Murfreesboro. They actively work to introduce legislation that would benefit their constituents and the state as a whole. Additionally, local elections take place on a regular basis to ensure leaders are chosen who can best serve their communities and bring positive change. Overall, Murfreesboro boasts an active and involved political landscape that does its best to ensure progress for all of its residents.
The political climate in Zip 37127 (Murfreesboro, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Rutherford County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Rutherford County, TN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutherford county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.2%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37127 (Murfreesboro, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Rutherford County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Murfreesboro, 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 37127 (Murfreesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 633 contributions totaling $22,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 272 contributions totaling $68,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)