Martin, Tennessee is a small city located in northwest Tennessee. As of 2018, the city had an estimated population of over 12,500 people. The local government of Martin is made up of a mayor and five city commissioners who are each elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Randy Brundige who was elected in 2017. The city commission works closely with the mayor to make decisions about the budget, policies, and laws that will affect the citizens of Martin. Additionally, there are several local political candidates throughout the 38237 zip code who offer their unique perspectives on issues affecting the community. These candidates serve on both county and state levels and work together to ensure that all voices are heard in their community.
The political climate in Zip 38237 (Martin, TN) is strongly conservative.
Weakley County, TN is very conservative. In Weakley County, TN 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weakley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.0%.
Weakley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 38237 (Martin, TN) is strongly conservative.
Martin, Tennessee is strongly conservative.
Weakley County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Martin 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.
Martin, 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 38237 (Martin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $65,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $59,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)