The small town of Bolivar, TN (Zip Code 38008), located in Hardeman County, is a peaceful corner of Tennessee where people are passionate about their politics. Despite its small size, the town has an active political climate and many local candidates running for office on the state and county level. Political views vary greatly within the community, with some favoring traditional values while others support progressive ideas. The most important issues facing Bolivar include job growth, economic development, public safety, educational improvements, and infrastructure investment. Local leaders are committed to continuing to provide quality services so that residents can continue to enjoy living in this beautiful part of the state.
The political climate in Zip 38008 (Bolivar, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Hardeman County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Hardeman County, TN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardeman county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 41.5%.
Hardeman county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38008 (Bolivar, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Bolivar, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Hardeman County, Tennessee is somewhat 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.
Bolivar, Tennessee: D d d d 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 38008 (Bolivar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $4,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $5,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)