The small town of Wartrace, TN is located in Bedford County and has a population of about 810 people. The town elects their political representatives through direct elections with residents choosing their mayor and four aldermen to serve on the city council. Local elections take place every two years for these positions, and each votes for candidates they feel will best represent the interests of the community. Residents are passionate about their local politics and often come together to discuss the issues facing their community. The election process is an important part of life in Wartrace, TN with residents taking pride in who represents them at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 37183 (Wartrace, TN) is very conservative.
Bedford County, TN is very conservative. In Bedford County, TN 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.3%.
Bedford county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37183 (Wartrace, TN) is very conservative.
Wartrace, Tennessee is very conservative.
Bedford County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Shelbyville Metro Area is very 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.
Wartrace, 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 37183 (Wartrace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $9,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $412 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)