Murfreesboro, TN is a vibrant city of over 130,000 people. It has a strong sense of civic engagement and political involvement. The City of Murfreesboro includes six wards with two representatives each, which are elected to four-year terms on staggered election cycles. At the state level, Murfreesboro is represented by five State Representatives and one Senator in the Tennessee General Assembly. At the federal level, Murfreesboro is represented by one Congressman in the United States House of Representatives. This area has seen many political issues over the years, from education to healthcare reform to economic development. In recent years these debates have become increasingly polarized, making it even more important that residents stay informed about local political candidates and their views on current issues.
The political climate in Zip 37130 (Murfreesboro, TN) is leaning conservative.
Rutherford County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Rutherford County, TN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rutherford county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.2%.
Rutherford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37130 (Murfreesboro, TN) is leaning conservative.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee is leaning conservative.
Rutherford County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Murfreesboro, 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 37130 (Murfreesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,638 contributions totaling $138,955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 562 contributions totaling $185,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)