The politics in 37148 Portland, TN are largely dominated by the Republican Party. Local officials tend to come from this party, and voters largely choose candidates that support the same ideologies. In regards to political issues, the town is mostly conservative in its views on topics such as taxes, immigration, and government spending. There are some progressive elements present in the town’s politics, however; for instance, there is a strong focus on environmental protection and education funding. In terms of local politicians who represent the town of 37148 Portland, TN within the state's legislature there are several prominent Republicans who have held office for many years. Sen. Bill Powers and Rep. Jay Reedy serve in the Tennessee General Assembly while Mark Reedy serves on the Sumner County Commission and John Adamson serves on the Portland City Council.
The political climate in Zip 37148 (Portland, TN) is very conservative.
Sumner County, TN is very conservative. In Sumner County, TN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 29.9%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37148 (Portland, TN) is very conservative.
Portland, Tennessee is very conservative.
Sumner County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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.
Portland, 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 37148 (Portland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $28,503 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $52,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)