The politics in 38017 Collierville, TN are heavily influenced by the residents of the area. The town is run by a mayor-council government which provides a high level of citizen participation. The mayor and seven council members are elected to four-year terms every two years. In addition, there is an appointed city manager that helps to manage the city鈥檚 affairs. Overall, the town attempts to implement policies that benefit its citizens and promote long-term success for the community as a whole. Through regular town hall meetings and other public discussions, residents can provide feedback on issues that affect their daily lives and help shape decisions made by local political leaders.
The political climate in Zip 38017 (Collierville, TN) is somewhat liberal.
Shelby County, TN is strongly liberal. In Shelby County, TN 64.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.4% to 34.0%.
Shelby county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38017 (Collierville, TN) is somewhat liberal.
Collierville, Tennessee is somewhat liberal.
Shelby County, Tennessee is strongly liberal.
Memphis Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Collierville, Tennessee: D D D D D D
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 38017 (Collierville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 912 contributions totaling $119,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 977 contributions totaling $397,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)