Rutherford, TN is a small town located in the state of Tennessee. Despite its small size, it has a vibrant political culture with numerous local organizations and initiatives dedicated to engaging the community in meaningful dialogue about political issues that directly affect them. These include groups such as Women for Political Change, which works to empower women to take part in local politics, and Rutherford Together, which seeks to bring together different voices on important policies from across the political spectrum. Various candidates from both major parties have put their name forward in local elections over recent years, offering residents a range of choices when it comes to choosing who will represent their interests in government. With these movements and representatives, Rutherford is able to debate and enact policy that affects the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 38369 (Rutherford, TN) is very conservative.
Gibson County, TN is very conservative. In Gibson County, TN 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gibson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.8%.
Gibson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38369 (Rutherford, TN) is very conservative.
Rutherford, Tennessee is very conservative.
Gibson County, Tennessee is very conservative.
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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.
Rutherford, 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 38369 (Rutherford)
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 12 contributions totaling $777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)