Knoxville, TN 37931 is located in East Tennessee and is governed by a mayor-council type of government. Knoxville's current mayor, Indya Kincannon was elected in 2019 and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all citizens in the area. The City Council consists of nine members who are responsible for representing their respective districts within the city. They work together to create and pass legislation that will benefit Knoxville residents. In addition, there are numerous other local elected offices such as state representatives, county commissioners, school board members, and more. All of these officials work together to ensure that the needs of the citizens in Knoxville are met. The people of Knoxville take pride in their local politics and strive to make sure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 37931 (Knoxville, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, TN is somewhat conservative. In Knox County, TN 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 41.5%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37931 (Knoxville, TN) is somewhat conservative.
Knoxville, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, Tennessee is somewhat conservative.
Knoxville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Knoxville, 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 37931 (Knoxville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 493 contributions totaling $33,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $67,976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)