Pioneer, Tennessee is a small rural town located in Gibson County. Although it is a relatively small community, the politics of Pioneer are just as important to its citizens as those of larger cities and towns. The town is served by a mayor who is elected every four years, along with a five-member board of commissioners that meets monthly to discuss local ordinances and regulations. Members of the board serve four-year terms and are responsible for deciding on matters such as taxation, law enforcement, road maintenance, public infrastructure and zoning. In addition to local government officials, Pioneer residents also have representatives at the state level in both the House of Representatives and Senate. These legislators work hard to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard at the state level and support legislation that serves their interests.
The political climate in Zip 37847 (Pioneer, TN) is very conservative.
Campbell County, TN is very conservative. In Campbell County, TN 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.6% to 16.3%.
Campbell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37847 (Pioneer, TN) is very conservative.
Pioneer, Tennessee is very conservative.
Campbell County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pioneer, Tennessee: d 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 37847 (Pioneer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $45 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)