The small town of 37396 Whiteside, TN is politically engaged and active. Despite its size, citizens in the town are passionate about participating in the political process. In recent years, elections have been hotly contested with candidates from both major political parties vying for the votes of town residents. From local mayoral races to county commissioner elections, residents are eager to make their voices heard. During election season, it's common to see yard signs in front of homes and posters hung in windows displaying support for one candidate or another. On Election Day it's not uncommon for lines to form at polling places early in the morning as residents take their civic duties seriously. Regardless of party affiliation or political leanings, 37396 Whiteside takes pride in being an informed and engaged electorate.
The political climate in Zip 37396 (Whiteside, TN) is very conservative.
Marion County, TN is very conservative. In Marion County, TN 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 24.0%.
Marion county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37396 (Whiteside, TN) is very conservative.
Whiteside, Tennessee is very conservative.
Marion County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Chattanooga 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.
Whiteside, 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 37396 (Whiteside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)