The small town of 37145 Pleasant Shade, TN is located in the beautiful countryside of the Upper Cumberland region. It is a tight-knit community, with a population of just over 1,000 people. The politics of the town are largely influenced by local issues, such as property taxes and school district policies, as well as statewide initiatives. Despite its small size, there have been several contested races for office in recent years. Local candidates have worked hard to present their platforms and ideas to their constituents. While the outcome of these races has varied from election to election, voters remain invested in local politics and continue to turn out at strong rates for elections big and small.
The political climate in Zip 37145 (Pleasant Shade, TN) is very conservative.
Smith County, TN is very conservative. In Smith County, TN 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 19.9%.
Smith county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37145 (Pleasant Shade, TN) is very conservative.
Pleasant Shade, Tennessee is very conservative.
Smith County, Tennessee is very 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.
Pleasant Shade, Tennessee: D d 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 37145 (Pleasant Shade)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $4,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)