Nashville, TN, located in the zip code of 37221 is a bustling city steeped in culture and political activity. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with a nine-member Metropolitan Council which is elected from 35 districts to represent the citizens of Nashville. The current mayor of Nashville is John Cooper, who was elected in 2019 and has worked to improve public services, expand affordable housing options in the city, and create more job opportunities for Nashvillians during his tenure. Additionally, Nashville residents have access to three members on the United States House of Representatives: Jim Cooper (D), John Rose (R), and Mark Green (R). Political engagement is high in Nashville, as numerous individuals take part in their local elections each year and actively advocate for various causes that are important to them.
The political climate in Zip 37221 (Nashville, TN) is moderately 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 37221 (Nashville, TN) is moderately liberal.
Nashville, Tennessee is moderately 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 37221 (Nashville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,093 contributions totaling $318,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 880 contributions totaling $242,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)