The small town of Kodak, TN (zip code 37764) is located near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. Although Kodak is a relatively small community, it has an active political landscape that affects its citizens in many ways. The majority of local politics are overseen by the local government, which consists of a mayor, four city council members, and a board of education. Each year these officials are elected by residents to represent their interests in the town's decision-making process. Additionally, larger elections at state and federal levels often have direct impacts on Kodak residents as well. With so much at stake in the political process, Kodak citizens are encouraged to be closely involved with local and national politics to ensure their voices are heard above all else.
The political climate in Zip 37764 (Kodak, TN) is very conservative.
Sevier County, TN is very conservative. In Sevier County, TN 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sevier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.0%.
Sevier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 37764 (Kodak, TN) is very conservative.
Kodak, Tennessee is very conservative.
Sevier County, Tennessee is very conservative.
Sevierville 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.
Kodak, 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 37764 (Kodak)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $11,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $33,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)