The politics in 37217 Nashville, TN are reflective of the city as a whole. This area is part of Davidson County and is represented at the local level by the Metro Council, a 40-member legislative body that serves as the governing authority. The council oversees all aspects of local government including zoning, finance, public education, public health and safety, and parks and recreation. On a federal level, 37217 Nashville is represented in Congress by U.S. Representatives Jim Cooper and Steve Cohen. Other elected officials who serve this area include State Senators Brenda Gilmore and Ferrell Haile; State Representatives Harold Love Jr., James Miklejohn, William Lamberth and Bo Mitchell; District Attorney General Glenn Funk; Sheriff Daron Hall; Public Defender Dawn Deaner; Assessor Vivian Wilhoite; and Trustee David Smith. These officials are responsible for establishing policies that affect both residents and businesses located in 37217 Nashville.
The political climate in Zip 37217 (Nashville, TN) is strongly liberal.
Davidson County, TN is very liberal. In Davidson County, TN 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davidson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 32.4%.
Davidson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37217 (Nashville, TN) is strongly liberal.
Nashville, Tennessee is strongly liberal.
Davidson County, Tennessee is very liberal.
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.
Nashville, Tennessee: D D D D D D
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 37217 (Nashville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 348 contributions totaling $16,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $43,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)