Murfreesboro, TN is located in Rutherford County and has a rich political history that dates back centuries. The current Mayor of Murfreesboro is Shane McFarland who was elected in 2017. There are 8 aldermen on the city council who are responsible for setting city policies and representing constituents' interests. Citizens of Murfreesboro have an active voice in their local politics, with an online forum, many local newspapers, and televised town meetings providing opportunities to participate in the democratic process. Residents of Murfreesboro can learn more about upcoming elections and candidates by visiting their county’s website or going to their polling place on Election Day. Political issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure projects, and zoning ordinances are regularly discussed at these meetings. With a strong sense of community pride, residents of 37128 Murfreesboro work together to ensure that local representatives respect their wishes and needs for a better future.
The political climate in Zip 37128 (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 37128 (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 37128 (Murfreesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,082 contributions totaling $104,331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $93,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)