Murfreesboro, TN is a vibrant and diverse city located in Rutherford County. It has a long history of political involvement with engaging citizens, local businesses, non-profits, and civic organizations to ensure the best outcomes for the community. Murfreesboro's politics are managed by a mayor-council form of government, which is designed to ensure that all residents have a voice in the decision-making process. Current initiatives include investing in infrastructure projects, supporting small business growth, improving public safety, and promoting job creation. The current mayor is Shane McFarland, who was elected in 2018 and has been an active voice for citizens' rights. Through his leadership, many projects are being completed throughout the city that benefit the local population and make Murfreesboro a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 37129 (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 37129 (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 37129 (Murfreesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 911 contributions totaling $227,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 442 contributions totaling $146,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)