38380 Sugar Tree, TN is a small rural town located in the southeastern part of Tennessee. The town is governed by a mayor and a five-member city council. Over the past few years, Sugar Tree has seen tremendous growth due to its strong economy and low cost of living. Elections for local government positions are held every two years and citizens come out in droves to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to local politics. Recently, there have been several candidates vying for positions on the city council and mayor’s office. These candidates have campaigned hard to get their message out to the public, each with their own unique platforms focusing on important issues such as education, infrastructure, job creation, crime prevention, economic development, environmental protection, and more. Local residents have been eager to learn about each candidate’s vision for how they will help make 38380 Sugar Tree a better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 38380 (Sugar Tree, TN) is very conservative.
Decatur County, TN is very conservative. In Decatur County, TN 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Decatur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 17.2%.
Decatur county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38380 (Sugar Tree, TN) is very conservative.
Sugar Tree, Tennessee is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Sugar Tree, 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 38380 (Sugar Tree)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)