Roan Mountain, TN is a small rural community located in Johnson County. The city is home to approximately 1,200 people, and it is known for its beautiful mountain views and friendly atmosphere. Roan Mountain has a mayor-council form of government that consists of five elected members who serve staggered four year terms. The current mayor is David Jakes, who was elected in 2018. Roan Mountain also has two city commissioners: Joe Smith and Tammy Whitehead who were both appointed in 2020. Residents of Roan Mountain take an active interest in local politics, showing up to vote in every election and engaging with their representatives on issues important to the community.
The political climate in Zip 37687 (Roan Mountain, TN) is very conservative.
Carter County, TN is very conservative. In Carter County, TN 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 18.5%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37687 (Roan Mountain, TN) is very conservative.
Roan Mountain, Tennessee is very conservative.
Carter County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Johnson City 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.
Roan Mountain, 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 37687 (Roan Mountain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $6,763 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $12,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)