The small town of 37861 Rutledge, TN is a place where local politics are an important part of everyday life. Residents take an active interest in community affairs, and their voices often shape local policies. Local elections often draw large numbers of voters eager to have their say in who will represent them in city government. While there are no specific names of local politicians known in the area, the people of Rutledge are passionate about making sure their opinions and ideas are heard at all levels of government. Each year, the citizens come out to cast their ballots and ensure that a leadership that reflects their values is chosen. From city council members to school board representatives, the people of Rutledge take pride in selecting candidates that reflect their vision for the town's future.
The political climate in Zip 37861 (Rutledge, TN) is very conservative.
Grainger County, TN is very conservative. In Grainger County, TN 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grainger county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.5% to 14.5%.
Grainger county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37861 (Rutledge, TN) is very conservative.
Rutledge, Tennessee is very conservative.
Grainger 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.
Rutledge, 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 37861 (Rutledge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $44 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $11,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)