Jefferson City, TN is located in the eastern region of Tennessee and is part of Jefferson County. The city has a small population of around 10,000 people and is considered to be a rural community. Politically, the city follows the state's two-party system with Republican and Democratic affiliations. The current mayor of Jefferson City is Kenneth Moore who was elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020 for his second term. During his tenure as mayor, he has worked with city council members and local citizens to bring new businesses to town which has had a positive economic impact for the city. Along with this, Moore has also worked on improving public safety initiatives such as increasing police presence in certain areas and working to improve infrastructure within the city limits. Local politics are important to Jefferson City residents as they help shape the policies that affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in Zip 37760 (Jefferson City, TN) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, TN is very conservative. In Jefferson County, TN 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.7%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37760 (Jefferson City, TN) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson City, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Morristown 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.
Jefferson City, 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 37760 (Jefferson City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $7,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $30,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)