The city of Sparta, TN (38583) is located in White County in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. It is a small city with a population of roughly 5,000 people and a thriving downtown area. Politics in Sparta are mostly centered around the White County Board of Commissioners, which makes decisions on countywide matters such as taxes and public safety. The commissioners are elected from districts within the county, but residents of Sparta can also vote for district representatives on the board. In addition to this local government body, Sparta also has a mayor who presides over the city as well as other city officials. These officials work alongside members of the county board to ensure that all citizens' needs are met while promoting economic development and growth within the community.
The political climate in Zip 38583 (Sparta, TN) is very conservative.
White County, TN is very conservative. In White County, TN 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.0%.
White county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38583 (Sparta, TN) is very conservative.
Sparta, Tennessee is very conservative.
White 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.
Sparta, 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 38583 (Sparta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $5,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $28,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)