New Tazewell, TN is a small town located in Claiborne County with a population of approximately 2,300 people. The town is governed by the mayor and four members of the Board of Alderman. They are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city, including public safety, economic development, and infrastructure maintenance. The current mayor is Jimmy Ogle and the Board of Alderman consists of Sarah Branson, Jeff Roberts, Nick Miller and Robert Wallace. Local politics are relatively quiet in New Tazewell, but there have been some interesting developments over recent years. In 2014, Mayor Ogle proposed a tax increase to be used for major upgrades to local infrastructure and services such as roads and sewer systems. This proposal was met with mixed responses from citizens of New Tazewell; however it ultimately passed unanimously after rounds of negotiations between the mayor's office and board members. This demonstrates how local politics can play an important role in shaping the future of New Tazewell for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 37825 (New Tazewell, TN) is very conservative.
Claiborne County, TN is very conservative. In Claiborne County, TN 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Claiborne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.9% to 17.0%.
Claiborne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37825 (New Tazewell, TN) is very conservative.
New Tazewell, Tennessee is very conservative.
Claiborne County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
New Tazewell, 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 37825 (New Tazewell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $5,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $4,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)