Walland, TN is a small town located in Blount County and part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although the population of Walland is relatively small with just under 2,000 residents, it has an important role in local politics. Local candidates have the opportunity to make an impact on the citizens of Walland as well as neighboring towns. As a rural town, there are many issues that affect its citizens such as access to healthcare, education funding, and infrastructure development. Candidates in 37886 Walland, TN must place priority on improving these issues for their constituents while also advocating for their own interests. It takes strong leadership and collaboration between political leaders to ensure that Walland continues to thrive and achieve success over time.
The political climate in Zip 37886 (Walland, TN) is very conservative.
Blount County, TN is very conservative. In Blount County, TN 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blount county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
Blount county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37886 (Walland, TN) is very conservative.
Walland, Tennessee is very conservative.
Blount 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.
Walland, 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 37886 (Walland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $8,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $29,555 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)