The small town of Oldfort, TN (37362) is a rural community located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It has a rich political history from its days as an independent municipality to its current role as part of Marion County. While Oldfort has no local political candidates, it still takes part in local and national elections. The city council sets policy for the town on issues like development, public safety, and roads. The citizens of Oldfort are always engaged in politics and take great pride in exercising their right to vote each election cycle. They also enjoy participating in civic events such as candidate forums and voter registration drives. With its close-knit community ties, Oldfort serves as an example of how small towns can remain politically active even when there aren't any local candidates running for office.
The political climate in Zip 37362 (Oldfort, TN) is very conservative.
Polk County, TN is very conservative. In Polk County, TN 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.2% to 17.8%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37362 (Oldfort, TN) is very conservative.
Oldfort, Tennessee is very conservative.
Polk County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Cleveland Metro Area is very 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.
Oldfort, 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 37362 (Oldfort)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)