Tennessee Ridge, TN, in zip code 37178, is an unincorporated community located in Houston County. The area is governed by county commissioners and a mayor. Local politics focus on delivering essential services to the community such as roads, utilities, and public safety. Services are supported by taxes collected from the residents, which are used for maintaining and improving the infrastructure of Tennessee Ridge. In addition to local government officials, various non-profit organizations provide assistance and resources to improve quality of life for the citizens of Tennessee Ridge.
The political climate in Zip 37178 (Tennessee Ridge, TN) is very conservative.
Houston County, TN is very conservative. In Houston County, TN 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.7% to 23.6%.
Houston county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37178 (Tennessee Ridge, TN) is very conservative.
Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee is very conservative.
Houston 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.
Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee: D D d 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 37178 (Tennessee Ridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,932 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)